Saturday, August 11, 2012
Breakfast in the hotel room from groceries: spelt flakes, lowfat milk (1.8%), yogurt (stracciatella), hot earl gray tea. Bought AA batteries (Energizer this time), a fruit juice, and snacks for the plane at DM: 18.80 euros. Installed the batteries and they work—hooray! Did more exploring, this time of the gay district in Old Town: Hohe Pforte to Mathiasstrasse, Georgstrasse to Pipinstrasse. Lunch at Cafe Konditorei Eigel KG: Folienkartoffel mit Lachs (baked potato with cream sauce with smoked salmon and side salad), mineral water: 10.70 euros rounded up to 12. The Lidl sim card stopped working, so I gave up on it and got a new sim card from a T-Mobile store: another 10 euros, internet is working again. Back to the hotel. On the walk back I encountered a group of people standing in a large circle who appeared to be part of a dog-training session. At one point one of the dogs began barking at other passing dogs and all the dogs started barking and creating a ruckus. It was tense and exciting for a minute and then all the dog owners finally got their dogs under control. Further along I passed a ceramics fair. Nap. Dinner at Seri Thai: pad thai with shrimp and tofu and a singapore sling, which I found to be a strong drink. I was drawn to Seri Thai because of its enchanting decor. Service, like pretty much everywhere else, was inconsistent but perhaps more pleasant than at other places. Too tired to go out.