Our last full day in Berlin (and our last full day outside of the US on our honeymoon), we went shopping at KaDeWe (kah – day – vay), not really to shop, but just to see one of the most famous department stores in Germany. It’s kind of like going to Macy’s in New York.
KaDeWe was setting up for the Christmas season, and it looked like it was really going to be a nice display.
It may not sound all that exciting, but it was a really nice end to our honeymoon to just have a quiet day to hang out in Berlin, and we ended the day at Berlin’s most famous place for Currywurst, which is actually a hole in the wall. It seems that no matter where we go, or what city we’re in, some of the best food in the world is in the least fancy restaurants. (We’ve also discovered that it’s also in the most fancy restaurants… it’s just usually different kinds of food.)
From Berlin, we flew the next day to Houston, where Brian and Jamie live. It was great to get to spend a few days visiting with them on the end of our honeymoon.
Currywurst was invented by Herta Heuwer in Berlin in 1949 as an affordable but filling meal for the people of Berlin at a time when food was in short supply.
When you order your Currywurst you can ask for it skin on “Currywurst mit Darm” or without skin “Currywurst ohne Darm”. Sausage casings were in short supply in the Soviet-controlled side of the city. If you grew up in East Berlin, you like sausage without skin; if you grew up in West Berlin, you probably prefer sausage with skin.
I’m not from Berlin, I prefer Currywurst without skin and in my opinion the best place to get it is from Fritz & Co (a Currywurst stall) on Wittenberg Platz in the Schöneberg area of Berlin.