Day 3 23/11/09 - Germany

Berlin -> London

Highlight

• A later start today. Unfortunately it started to rain.
• Somehow we managed to get lost going to the East Side Gallery, but when we finally made it the sun came out. Some of the artwork was interesting, others quite ordinary, but they were all newly touched up and fresh. I actually would have liked to have seen some of the old faded ones.
• Caught the bahn across town to go to KaDeWe and the famous wurst stand. Witty’s didn’t disappoint, it being the best chips and sausage combo we have tried so far – it being organic can only help.
• KaDeWe’s food hall was quite impressive. I like the say that it’s laid out in little stalls. We didn’t buy too many things, but managed to pick up the best Berliner we’ve had.
• Back on transport to visit a marzipan shop, which turned out to be quite small and a bit of a disappointment.
• Trekked across town again to the WeihnachtsZauber Christmas Market on Gendarmenmarkt. Everything was open, but the weather was turning bad again. It had the best food of all the markets we’ve been to so far, but actually, for a market you have to pay for, it was better than I thought.
• It meant though, that we had time to visit Fassbender & Rausch, the famous chocolate shop and drink so very yummy hot chocolate.
• Back to hotel, after wondering through the finally opened Postdamer Platz Winterwelt Christmas market and picking up more food.
• A very crowded ride to the airport, then a big delay for the plane because of rain in London, and made it home before 10pm.i>

Food

• mandarin
• Witty’s:
  • curry wrust
  • fries with satay sauce
• Berliner jam donut
• marzipan
• Christmas market:
  • tree cake
  • bratwurst with bun
  • fried dough with garlic
  • Austrian flour batter with cinnamon sugar
  • mulled wine
  • mulled apple drink
  • bratwurst #2 with bun
• Fassbender & Rausch:
  • chilli hot chocolate
  • coffee hot chocolate
• Lufthansa:
  • tomato juice
• apple