We woke up to snow and the three of us in the flat had to struggle through it first as we went to pick up Lorna at her hotel. We were meeting there with the plan of having coffee at cafe Einstein - Einstein's is a Berlin institution. There are numerous Einstein's across town but this one on Kurferstenstrasse is the original. It has been a hang out for intellectuals and the Berlin glitterati for quite some time. The Viennese style coffee house is situated within a 1920s villa and is really beautiful inside. Lorna has a fitness fruhstuck which looked great but Lynne, Claire and I had the recommended Wiener fruhstuck. It was, two eggs in a glass, yummy rolls with jam and cheese. Since we were on holiday and it was freezing outside I had rum in my coffee. yum.
We did a little shopping in Kaufhaus des Westens, Berlin's premier department store. Visited the http://www.gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de/KWG/index.php which I can't spell. It was pretty amazing and had a huge big advent calendar outside too. There was a pleasant Christmas market in the surrounding area too we warmed up with gluhwein and eierpunsch.
That evening we met up with some friends of Claire's that were also in Berlin for he new year. We went to Kreuzberg is search of veggie food - 5 out of 6 of us being veggie.
We went to an Arabian themed place with little curtained booths and beaded curtains. We had our own little booth and ate tasty yummy food. Falafel. hung out and had a few drinks.
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