It was another beautiful sunny day in Berlin. The plan was to go to the Hermanplatz Galeria to get the ingredients to make an authentic Pea and Ham soup. 

My day started with an omelette prepared by my domestic chef served with a glass of bubbles. Scott showed me the book he was given when his unit in Leipzig was complete.

The walk to the Galeria was enjoyable in the Berlin sunlight although it was cold enough for coats, beanies and gloves. The canal was still frozen but clearly not solid enough for people to walk on, cracks were showing. Disappointingly, there was also a lot of debris and rubbish left behind by people who had enjoyed the solid canal a week ago. 

We wandered through the department store and perused the goods on sale. Teresa found a unique jacket on sale. 

The food market was downstairs and we went to find ham bones if possible but we found a piece of smoked pork which would be suitable. At the delicatessen counter, the young worker insisted on giving us samples of dips and olives to taste. He kept offering more but we chose to purchase the spicy capsicum dip & chilli olives and then he gave us some complementary olives with almonds.

We loaded up with the other ingredients for the soup and walked back to the apartment. 

The soup needed to be slow cooked overnight so it was prepared and left to do its magic. 

Younger was a series on Netflix that was recommended for us to watch. We settled in for the night with some Cherry Vodka and bubbles.

Guten Nacht