I had a pretty low key today as well, which involved me reading some more, practicing piano for a while, and then taking a short stroll around downtown.
My stroll was a bit interesting though. I started out taking the U-bahn from Nollendorfplatz to Potsdamer Platz, and walking from there to the Brandenburger Tor, and on to Unter den Linden. I made a quick stop at this rather amazing store I discovered. There is a brand of chocolates in Germany (and as well are available in the US) called Ritter Sport, well, I actually found a Ritter Sport store in berlin. Needless to say there were a couple of thousand bars of chocolate inside...and I might have bought one or two...the chocolate it really tasty to say the least!
After that I walked down Friedrichstrasse. I knew that there is a Music Conservatory in the area around Charlottenstrasse (one street over from Friedrichstrasse), but I had been unsuccessful in finding it. I asked around a few places, and was actually able to find it. I went inside and looked around. The building itself is not very wide (the size of an average store in width), but continues up the entire building (around 7 stories) and goes back quite a ways.
The building was actually kinda grungy on the inside, however once you get inside the offices and practice rooms, it's actually quite lovely. I was able to see the inside of one professor's office, which featured new wood flooring, several large windows (with a lot of natural light), and clean white walls, with cool looking crown molding on the corners on the ceiling. The studio had 2 7-foot Steinways in it, both in phenomenal condition (according to professor, all the studios had pianos just as good). So all in all, it looked like a pretty good school.
After that I headed back to the apartment, and had dinner. Stayed up a while longer watching TV with the Thiermeiers, and after that went to bed.
