Slippers in Style

We have been warned of the cold Berlin winters and so Karen and I set off to get some slippers to pad around in our lovely apartment.  After referencing our Taschen Berlin book we found a small shop that is known for their pantoffeln.  (On a linguistic side note, I thought is was interesting that: pantoffelheld is the German word for a henpecked husband.)  Junemann's Pantoffel Eck has been crafting slippers for decades and the business has been passed down through four generations.  So we trekked through trendy Prenzlauer Berg in the unusually warm afternoon and found ourselves faced with a wall of handmade footwear.  After a few guesses of our European shoe sizes we settled on the felt bottom, open back, classic plaid design.  I've never been so excited to buy some slippers, and we left giddy with our purchase and anxious to break them in that night.  After two days of constant use, I am happy to report that they will be with me at all times as I try to put my best foot forward here in Berlin.