Montag in Berlin

After waking up yesterday to the Sunday kirche bells, today was back to normal. Being Montag morgen, I took out the recycling, which is a little more involved here than back in Miami. One must separate the brown/green glass from the clear glass, and also one must separate the plastic, paper and then everything else. I am not sure I saw a bin for metal.

Yesterday there were some stores not open so I had done a little laundry and had hung it up in the attic to dry...After getting up this morning, I went up to the attic to collect my dried clothes and today the streets and sidewalks were all busy. But not right away. The pace was definitely slower...as if everyone took their time rousing up to face the day.

As I walked around the corner and got einen Kaffee mit Milch from the same place...they were just opening, setting chairs and tables outside, and it was after 10:00 hours.

I did my "shopping". Picked up things that I will need and some things to replace items that were taken from me on the train to Amsterdam. Found a book bag (actually laptop bag) that will do nicely for €25.00 and a calendar organizer for €15.95 and a nice wallet for €12.00. Maybe I could have done without but these things play a vital part in my day to day organization. Also picked up some Brot, und Kasse, Tomates , Lachs, und deutsche Wein.

In the markets they are selling Spargel...it must be its season. It´s similar to asparagus except that its totally white and very thick around. Thicker than the asparagus I´ve seen in the United States. I was going to get some but then I didn´t want to ask for one or two. I´ll look for it in a dish somewhere.

Spargel

I spent part of the afternoon studying german at the

Das Café Lisboa an der Ecke Goethe- und Sesenheimer Straße hat alles, was ich brauche. Neben netten Menschen, einem schlicht sympathischen ambiente und bei schönem Wetter einen Platz in der Sonne gehören dazu:

where I sat at an outside table on the sidewalk and had Spinach Soup which was very good. With it I had a bottle of Sangres, a beer from Portugal, which I also enjoyed. Sie schmeckten gut.

This evening I will take a walk and see what happens.