A four-hour walk around Düsseldorf yielded some wonderful discoveries.
1. Durian's Thai Restaurant. There were "Best of the City"-type stickers all over the front door, the windows were cluttered with beautiful plants and little lights...I can't wait to try it!
2. Der Kleiner Italianer, a ready-made sandwich at Bäckerei Terbuyken that is basically a crunchy brötchen with butter (because every sandwich has butter here, not mayonnaise), basil, arugula, tomato, mozarella and pesto. Mmm.
3. A sushi shop with affordable sushi and actual Japanese people making it.
4. Landliebe Schoko Milch, which is even better than Schoko Müller Milch (and worth the extra money).
5. Two cute art-supply stores.
6. Trendy, affordable hair salons.
7. ICED CHAI. ICED. In Germany, coffee is not iced. It's just not. So the fact that there's iced anything...wünderbar!
8. A Chinese restaurant that serves spicy pig rectum and dan dan noodles (the pig rectum is how I know it's authentic--not something I actually plan on eating). The menu is also in Chinese, and there's awful, flowery wallpaper--good signs.
9. A store that sells moccasins.
10. Nightclubs with indie music. Honestly, I'm ready for a club that plays something other than "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga.
