Berlin... That's A Wrap

After staying out so late, we didn't get anything like a quick start on Friday. We went out for a midday dinner to a Chinese restaurant DD and BF had been wanting to try. Zhous Five has a modern Asian fusion decor with the slightly strange addition of a classic chandelier dripping with crystals. Rather than the buffet, we all had roast duck in varying forms. The accompanying vegetables were cooked to perfection. I ate every bit of the duck, but sadly, the sauce on the veggies was too spicy hot for me and I had to leave far too many of them behind.

It wasn't really this dark at midday, I took the photo a different time.

DD and BF had a salsa class scheduled for the evening, so they opted for an afternoon nap. Nate and I went out for a little more sightseeing on our last available full day.  Since evening comes early in northern Germany, we headed first to the East Side Gallery, which is a remnant of the Berlin wall decorated with art.

The art wasn't really Nate's "thing", so after the obligatory photos with one foot in East Berlin and the other in West...

...we set off for Legoland Discovery Center near the Sony Center, which we'd spotted the night before.

We had planned to go through the exhibit, but after reading about what was inside and then doing a quick "cost-benefit analysis", we decided to skip it. Someday, with kids or grandkids in tow, we might reconsider the option.

We took a Kaffeetrinken break in a nearby coffee shop to warm up. Then we went back outside to walk through the Weihnachtsmarkt in Potsdamer Platz. While DD and I had done a walk-through the night before, Nate had been waiting for us and had only seen a small corner of the market.

On the way home we were attracted by the lights of an enclosed shopping arcade.

Then we headed back to the apartment, opting for an early bedtime when DD and BF returned from their class.