Category Archives: Life in Berlin

Sharing some memories to capture our spring highlights. Silly Times with Friends Cherry Blossoms New Haircut for Me Climbing the Walls of the Biosphäre in Potsdam Garten der Welt – Gardens of the World Epic Playground New Haircut for Ben Same Long Locks for Isaac – Very Berlin Easter Break in Sardinia With Cousins RonContinueContinue reading “Spring 2022 Highlights”

Date Night It’s been a busy and beautiful month here in Berlin. Hoola Hoop Night We’ve stopped wearing long underwear. (Hooray!) And hats and scarves. B-Day Party Gang Dare I say we’ve taken out our shorts and sandals? Yes, we have. Cherry Blossoms It’s been so beautiful with the flowering trees. Mother’s Day Biergarten IContinueContinue reading “Berlin in May”

The outpouring of love and support that has been given to the Ukrainian Refugees is illustrated here by the exemplary operation I witnessed this week at Berlin Haupbahnhof (main train station). I have been extremely touched by stories of orphans being fostered, a single woman being welcomed to a family even though she has aContinueContinue reading “Ukrainian Refugees in Berlin”

Where has the time gone? Since launching my business, I’ve had less and less time to post and take photographs. Two of my passions. So I wanted to give a mini-update before the new month. We’ve celebrated our four birthdays over the past two months and collectively we are now 112 years old! Yes, thatContinueContinue reading “February 2022”

I will start this post by saying COVID is real. It is out there. And it sucks to have. For over a month, our family has been sick with COVID. It started with Ben staying home sick with a cold and cough on Monday, November 15. Isaac was fine, went to school and tested negativeContinueContinue reading “COVID Diary and Reflections”

Our fourth European Halloween was probably our best. We’ve discovered that instead of recreating the magic of our American Halloweens, we’ve borrowed our favorite parts and added new traditions. We’ve seen an increase in the extent Germans celebrate Halloween, even since we’ve been here. You see, Halloween isn’t as big, or a long standing tradition,ContinueContinue reading “Halloween 2021”

Blogging has been a bit more sporadic for me this year partially because of a new adventure I ’d like to share with you today. Although many of you know what I have been up to this past year, some of you may not or may not have been updated recently. I’m sharing this becauseContinueContinue reading “Life Adventure”

Riding the M1 Tram to School The last day of school was on Wednesday. Ben will start the fifth grade in August and Isaac will be in third! We are especially relieved given that we spent January through May in distance learning, with the boys in school for only part of that time. Walking ThroughContinueContinue reading “Summer Time Fun”

One of the big draws of moving to Europe was the ability to travel to so many interesting places, all without jetlag. Waiting for the M8 tram in Berlin en route to Hauptbahnhof With the unexpected global pandemic, the ability to travel stopped and we haven’t traveled outside of Berlin since last summer. Waiting atContinueContinue reading “Bamberg”