Saturday, April 28, 2007

Sat shops and museums WestEast

Brief look at the shops in the main street in Kurfurstendamm, the main shopping strip of the west side. A department store called Ka De We is fantastic like Galeries Lafayette, with a huge gourmet food level.

Take a U-bahn to Friedrichstr. Lunch at Lutter & Wegner. We order the signature dish, Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad. Also white asparagus is in season and almost every restaurant has asparagus specials. We conclude that nothing will taste as good as the schnitzel we had in Vienna but these ones are still very good.

We come across a street market just next to the museum. It has lots of local artists paintings and jewelry designs. We visit the Altes Museen where they have the most beautiful and famous Eygtian bust of Nefertiti and a Greek exhibition. Kwan is pleasantly surprised to see her favorite artist, Renoir, is also there.

We take a boat cruise along the Spree. It is supposed to be the one with English commentary, however it is apparent that the English is a very much abbreviated version.

Walk around the young fashion area again before heading home around 8 pm.

Snack at the hotel and early night ready for departure tomorrow to northern Germany.