First Days

The first few days in Berlin have been great! Compared to Minneapolis, it's hot: 40's! We've even had some sun. My favorite thing we've done so far is visiting a Christmas market - wonderful little villages of Christmas-themed food stands and shops that pop up from mid-November to the end of December.

We ate one of the most delicious street foods I've ever had: small red potatoes are peeled and boiled until tender, then fried in butter and spices until golden brown. A little basket of them is topped with molten Raclette cheese, scraped off the top of a large wheel being heated under a flame until it is bubbling. This is topped off with another shake from the spice jar and handed to you, steaming hot. So good! It's hard to get any better than melted cheese and some form of starch to carry it.

Another classic German street food: pretzels!

We grabbed one for a euro on our way to see the Holocaust memorial

and the Berlin Dom Cathedral.

We saw an amazing sunset from the top!