It's cold outside. Around freezing point during the sunny hours of the day, and a lot less at night times. So just right to stroll around the streets wrapped up in woollen sweaters and trousers, hat, gloves, a down jacket, thick socks and warm boots, avoiding the hustle and bustle of families rushing past with bags and parcels. I almost managed. Another castle, this time in the west of Berlin: Schloss Charlottenburg, world heritage. It's the first time they have a Xmas market there, and a beautiful old fashioned one, as well. Quite lovely, with old fashioned shops selling old fashioned Xmas decorations, cookies and presents, and carefully chosen food stalls.
No tasty chocolate salt sticks nor mulled wine for me, instead I bought some tea leaves: camomile, greek mountain tea, and sage. But I had to try the ukrainian borschtsch at the russian house with wooden handcrafted decorations and the waiters done up like russian soldiers - hmmmmm! lecker! I wished I knew where they found the brown bread in Berlin, it was mouthwatering!
After a trip back downtown on one of the many crowded busses, I enjoyed crisscrossing Berlin center, which seems to have transformed into one huge Xmas market. All afternoon I surfed the shops for Xmas presents and cards, it was fun, but exhausting. Late I went back home for a quiet evening on the couch with a cup of my new tea, and fell asleep soon, Emil snoring by my side.
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