My London welcoming committee: Organic & Dairy Free Blueberry Breakfast Cake with Creme Fraiche and a steamy cuppa coffee. Sitting at the Cake Shop at the London Review Bookstore Cake Shop. this was the perfect first stop after the busy adventure I had just getting to London. Not to mention it is not far from the hostel I am staying at and just around the corner from the British Museum (which I will be hitting up shortly). The cake was divine. Sweet and moist. And a conversation starter as I sat there discussing favorite cake combinations with the shop owner.
I left early Tuesday morning from Münster using what I think of as a cyber hitchhiking site. Finding someone who was driving to Düsseldorf I went along for the ride at a fraction of the price a train ticket would cost. It's also a much friendlier way to travel if you are going alone. My only problem was that the bus leaving for the airport didn't depart until 3:30 AM! So my day was filled with walking, sleeping along the "beach" of the Rhine River, and stopping in to various cafe's for a coffee, beer, or a meal. Later hitting up the cinema for Slumdog Millionaire auf Deutsch, which I can now do without any problems understanding.
Düsseldorf was fine, though nothing spectacular. They seem to have a good deal of culture happening which I suppose isn't so surprising as it is the governing capital of the most densely populated Bundesland (state) in Germany. I spent a lot of time walking around the Oberhausen neighborhood which was simply gorgeous although I am assuming expensive. There seemed to be a lot of money in the city. Anyhow...I somehow found a way to fill up the time until 3:30 and tiredly made my way to London. A city that I am enjoying immensely despite it's fast pace dueling with my lack of sleep. More on that later.
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