After a late Sunday night at the world hockey championships in Cologne, we slept until about noon. The 24th of May is also a long weekend in Germany, technically a religious Holiday it is supposed to be 50 days after Easter so Jeramy was available to show us around town. It was looking to be a nice sunny day so we decided to go out for breakfast and again enjoyed a traditional German breakfast of fresh bread, meats and cheeses. We were slightly hung over and had no clear plans for the day. Jeramy wanted to show us the Older part of town or the Alstadt so after breakfast we made arrangements to meet up with one of Jeramy's very good friends Alessio for coffee. Alessio is a foodie and runs a catering business as more of a hobby than a money making venture, he has a fantastic blog called the Recipe Taster.
After coffee Jeramy wanted to take us back towards Cologne, but I pointed out it was almost 3 PM and had been 3+ hours since breakfast and we were starting to get a little hungry again, so Jeramy and Alessio decided they should take us to a very popular Middle Eastern restaurant. I ordered a doner plate with salad and of course a tall glass of hefeweizen. Towards the end of lunch I mentioned I had not actually had "kaffe undt kuchen" the German equivalent of tea time so we made plans to walk around for a bit after lunch before grabbing some cake and coffee at an outdoor cafe. When I write this it sounds like we did nothing all day, but as Alessio might say "it was really quite fantastic".
After Kaffe undt Kuchen we had been out travelling from outdoor cafe to cafe we decided to head back to Jeramy's to do a bit of laundry and pack up for our early morning train back to Munich. Jeramy suggested we go to a local "American Style" Cocktail bar. The bar was what I'd describe as the German perception of the American bar, lots of stainless steel and neon signs. Unlike beer, cocktails, wines and spirits are quite expensive in Germany. This bar had a massive selection of your classic cocktails plus some unique. My facourite was the 'St. Pauli Killer'. Very similar to a Zombie, just massive like 4 shots of alcohol. We sat on the patio for several hours talking and joking. The bar was really quiet and it was somewhat chilly. After several hours we decided we should get back to Jeramy's as we knew we had a 6 hr train ride the next day back to Munich.
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