the lion and the unicorn: the sun has gone to bed and so must i

thought i would add my thoughts & photographs from the day. ~rachel

funny thing about jet lag is that we stayed up all day after arriving at 11:15am and went to bed around 10pm. we woke today at 8am, took our time getting ready, and spent the day in a charming vintage-filled cafe.

i had difficulty staying awake since we didn't stop for espresso again. even without that second round of fuel...i cannot fall asleep now. what? it's nearly midnight. carlos just ran to the market to purchase goat cheese, grapes, and bread. he made us dinner around 6pm here in our rented apartment. it was better than the lunch we had today while we wondered around the mitte area of berlin (and out of it) looking for a bank to exchange my money in. found the bank, but they did not exchange money. this was after we ate lunch just to wait for the bank to reopen from its off hours of 1:-2:30. i was starving because all i had for breakfast was espresso and half a croissant with tomato. note to self: eat more tomorrow morning. we rounded a corner and saw "sushi bar". we ate there. it was okay. nothing to write about. i will say, when we emerged from said experience, it was grey and cloudy; the sun had gone. we kept looking for a bank and finally just got on the u-bahn to visit alexander platz.