Monday, July 9, 2012
Last Day in Berlin
Today was the last full day in Berlin. After walking around looking for someplace for breakfast we finally decided on an outdoor cafe near our hotel. Afterwards we did some serios shopping. Guess what? Berlin has a store called C&A that is like Kohls, but just has clothes. We also found the "Macy's" version, Karstadt. After reading about a chocolate shop called Fausson and Rauch- "the world's largest house of chocolate", Alex and I dedicated ouselves to the task of finding this place. According to our guide book, it was a short walk south of yesterday's location. So, boarding the S bahn train we eagerly got off at the suggested stop and started walking. Our book had a photo of a cathedral on the square near the shop. We could see it in the distance-blocks away! But, chocolate calls so we kept walking toward the large dome of the cathedral. Along the way we stopped and looked in 2 other cathedrals with breathtaking stained glass, soaring domed ceilings, and intricately carved wooden staircases. Unexpected treasures along the journey. Finally we get to the cathedral and it is a busy square with people eating at outdoor restaurants and shopping. I worry: what if the shop mo longer exists and we have cone so far? But there it is on the square! It is like Ghiradelli stores on steroids. An artist is carving a 5 ft ship out of chocolate and has made several 4-5 feet tall replicas of historic buildings around the city. A case runs across one lenght of the store with truffles of all possible flavors. A chocolate volcanoe is oozing choc sauce nearby. I wanted to bring some back for everyone but it would only melt. It was delicious. As we trek back, we realize that we could have saved blocks of walking if we had taken a different train! But we would have missed the cathedrals and know we have a fun memory-but the guy who wrote our travel guide and I do not agree on ehat makes a short walk!!!! Dinner was a challenge - it is hard to find places with food that you understand what it is. We were on a mission for Italian nut the three places we went all had weird issues that were dealbreakers. So, it was Subway tonight.
Off to Munich tomorrow-leaving on the 12 am train for a 7 hour ride.
Oh yeah, in case you were wondering, Jerry made it back and was pleasantly surprised that we survived.
Munchen (what Germans call Munich)
here we come...
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