After going to bed early last night I woke refreshingly early this morning, greeting the day with coffee and a pastry from the near by train station. Even though I was awake, I was not nearly awake enough to handle the print on these train cushions:



While it was still early I took a riverboat tour around Berlin, seeing some older architecture, and some newer stuff too:







In the afternoon I wandered around an area that I read described as “Soho 10 years ago”. There were lots of little galleries, clothing stores, and cafes. I was relived that even though it was a sunny Saturday no huge crowds to be seen. I bought more eggcups, and a couple of over priced but beautiful headbands. It was at least 85 degrees today, so for lunch I cooled off with some ice cream from a very crowded haagen daz (sp?) Walking around I was impressed that many of the blocks are built in such a way that the interior of the block is a private park, and/ or playground. Peaking through building openings it seems these little private parks really are popular.



At this point my feet were sore, and my legs exhausted, so I headed by to the hostel for the reading and relaxing. Dinner was a couple of well-priced crepes (8 euros for two crepes and fresh squeezed juice) from a creperie just four blocks from the hostel.