Monthly Archives: August 2018

A quick recap of the first week of school. Isaac is quite a good commuter. We leave the apartment around 8:20. He takes his scooter for six minutes to the U2 U Bahn (subway). He then goes for two stops with mama to the Pankow station and then scoots about 7 minutes to his school,ContinueContinue reading “Schulzeiten – School Times”

Summer’s over at Schönfließer Straße. 6:30 alarm. Nervous awakening of our second grader and kindergartener. Walked to the S Bahn and took it two stops to make it to Ben’s school by 8:00 for his first day. (School officially starts at 8:10.) {Thumb war on the U2} {Family pic in front of Ben’s building} SawContinueContinue reading “First Day of School”

I woke and my knee was still really bad. So I convalesced while Dave took the boys to the playground at Arkonaplatz. {Bum Bum time at Arkonaplatz} {ice cream selfie} They loved it. Worlds tallest slide (maybe not, but it was steep and fast). Water fountain to cool off in. {Ben, Isaac and the steepestContinueContinue reading “In Kneed of Rest”

Back in the US, a neighbor had heard that we were moving to Berlin so she loaned me her book, The Candy Bombers, The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America’s Finest Hour by Andrei Cherny, as her father was one of the US pilots during the Air Lift of 1948/49. The Berlin BlockadeContinueContinue reading “Tempelhof Airport”

95 sunny degrees. No A/C. I will try to remember the heat when it’s February here and we’re freezing. But until then, we are trying to cope. It was actually quite lovely at 7:45 this morning when I rode my bike to Jiva Mukti for a sixty minute yoga class in English. Riding back, IContinueContinue reading “Zu Heiß. Too Hot.”