When in Göttingen, have cake at Cron & Lanz…read more Pick a slice from their beautiful ground floor display, take your ticket upstairs, sit yourself at a table in their elegant dining room, order a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Enjoy your beautiful cake with coffee (served with cream) and do some people watching. This is happy hour on a Göttinger Friday.

Their cakes and cookies are delicious. The displays are lovely. The only issue I have with this…read moreplace is that they are very rude. I've been there twice in a few years. Both times they act like they don't really want to sell items. Yesterday the woman said the credit card machine didn't work. "No Visa." I said I had a debit. "No!" I said I could use American Express. She said, no. At this point in time I was confused about if the machine work or not and I was confused about why they had a machine out for everyone to see if they didn't take cards. I was about to hand back the food when she relented "fine. You can use it if you spend 10 euros." There were no signs about this either.

Took me awhile to embrace Arko (in most part after gorging myself on Belgian truffles…read morepost-Brugges), but I must say, German chocolatier Arko has left a very positive impression on me. Found throughout most of Germany, Arko boutiques seem to have an uncanny mix of everything for everyone. Liquor-based, nut-based, caramel-based, exotic flavors, cream-based, experimental...if you have a particular type of chocolate or truffle that's on your must have list, chances are they will offer it.

The chocolates I tried were tasty, but a bit expensive. Small bags cost around 5 euros. I am not…read morereally sure that they are better than Ritter, but they make great gifts and you can buy Herrenhauser chocolates as souvenirs for people back home.

This shop sells a wonderful coffee. Furthermore, the shop is worth to visit. If you get there, also…read moreask them how the logo of the coffee was created ;)