The days are getting longer, and the weather is getting wors. It’s typical Dutch summer, rainy and windy, it feels like we don’t deserve any summer after all those awesome spring days, really depressing, andMss. Rona stills in the picture, though Europe slowly open the borders,it’s still really risky to go anywhere by plane. I decided to fight back andgrabbed my gear and went for a ride to the neighboring country and get myself a pamper weekend in beautiful Germany.
I decided to go to Dusseldorf, as its only take me an hour to drive and really easy to navigate and beside I love Germany, and Dusseldorf has Japanese community, so I can still my craving on delicious ramen and melon pan, tapioca boba tea, Koreans BBQ and lots ofmochie, Yes I am in Germany, but I am craving Japanese food , today last year,I was in Tokyo, eatingMr.Donutwith my soul sister.
Dusseldorf usually well known for the Christmas market, where you can stroll around the old town, having some mulled wine and BBQ sausageswith some typical German cold potato salad. But It’s in the middle of wet and humid summer, I just wanted to eat ton katsu ramen and Japanese beer. The queue was long, took us almost an hour waiting for table, but since Na NiWa, one of the best and tastiest, I made the effort. Although its feel a bit weird, you are standing outside not even keep any distance with each other, and once you finally got a table, they want you to put your mask on whilst paying the bill in advance, walk to your table, and it’s okayto take off your mask, I was surprised, What was the point ? because the server brought the food to your table …. Really weird, and I still need to get used with this new normal way.
Wandering through the old town always made me happy, the food stall everywhere, the merry go round in front of city hall, and the massive old clock overlooking the bridge and the tower, with all the bars around the river and the river cruise boats, even though the weather want to make you cry out loud, but the sphere were amazing, I love it, nothing can hold me to grab a hot flamkuchen en ice cold beer, looking towards happy people trying to make the best of the worst situation. I love this feeling, the positive smile and children laughing and running trying to catch I don’t know what. Children always make me happy, they laughter made the worst day in the world bearable, looks like they want to tell you , everything going to be okay, we just need to hang on a bit longer.
Dusseldorf is always a place to eat and shop for me, I don’t know why, here I just wanted to relax and unwind, didn’t really have the need to playing tourist, so if you want to get information about which monuments or church or places to visit, than I will have to disappoint you, but if you want to know what to eat, drink and where to shop from the very expensive one to the cheapest place, I am your man.
I stayed in a cute Japanese hotel, once again I am in Germany, Nikko hotel, in the Japanese neighborhood, I love this hotel on walking distance to all delicious places to eat and cute places to visit for shopping. I still feel the impact of Ms. Rona, the hotel looks empty and everything feel like in the hospital, you smell the Dettol and everybody wears mask, so depressing, I just wanted to stay outside and feeling alive a bit.
I am sorry to be a bit of whinny, this whole situation really hit me hard, as counted as a high risk, I have to be really careful and it really is made me sad. Lying on my bed, I realized I am really lucky to be safe and still able to go outside whilst lots of people been locked inside and can’t move freely, after my ramen dinner, I am more positive and looking forward to see what summer having on the plate for me, Bring in on Summer !!!
Dusseldorf, July 2020 after Rona
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