Dear reader, I'm almost embarrassed to write at this point. The authorities have let this place go to the dogs, it's a disgrace. "How else is the world supposed to find out about my latest exploits?" I ask them. And they just shrug and

Dear reader, So many reasons to go to Germany - celebrate Opi Hase's birthday, see family, speak German - but the weather ain't one of them. Brrrr, it was cold in Düsseldorf. But BabyPaw and I still got some quality playground time in. Birthday dinner with

Dear reader, Germany is shaping up to be a whole barrel of fun, how wonderful. Not only did we go to the zoo twice already (score!), we also partied hard for Oma's and my birthday. To kick off the festivities, we went to the Wildpark Lüneburger Heide. Very

I see the catering lady already stole my story about the wedding party so I have to work fast and get in here before she starts writing about our Germany travels too! Where did we leave off? Isny, that's right… A wonderful place with lots and lots of

It's not just a meeting of cultures when Germans and Venezuelans get together, it's also a melding of party people. Epic. As Small Paw mentioned in her earlier missive, we went to Germany to help our friends Micha and Sam celebrate their wedding and celebrate we

Hello dear reader, You are never going to guess where I am: GERMANY! That wonderful country that gave me a passport, sight unseen, is even prettier than I had imagined. There are cows everywhere. And mountains. And people riding bicycles. Uncle Luis even picked one up on the hood of

Of course we visited some sections of the former wall, at least where there was anything left since most of it is gone now. One of the most infamous sections of wall was built on Bernauerstrasse where the wall ran practically through the houses. So one could enter the house

Just about 30km outside of Berlin lies Potsdam, a small city so perfectly put together that you feel like you're on a movie set at times. There are castles, lakes, blooming meadows and cobble stone streets lined with cute cafés and restaurants. No wonder the Prussian emperors had

Technically it wasn't really her but her 'minions' we visited at the Reichstag, the seat of the German parliament, but it was exciting anyway. And thanks to hubby's new connections, i.e. being a student again, we got a free tour of the whole

This weekend we headed over to Schloss Charlottenburg, the summer residence of various emperors and kings when those were still de rigeur here in good old Germany. The castle took quite a hit during the second world war but it's been meticulously rebuilt over the decades and looks

Last weekend we went to see the 360 exhibit at the Pergamon museum, museum of antiquity and Islamic art. The 360 exhibit is a giant artist's rendition of what Pergamon might have looked like in 129 AD and when I say giant I mean humongous. The 'painting&

Classes have started, the good weather has given way to a few showers and we're starting to get into a routine here in Berlin. Which doesn't mean we're not tourists anymore. Thanks to our friends Henri and Kalle we got to go on a

Yes, he's really taking the plunge and signed up for a German course. We chose Berlin because we both don't know it very well and everyone who's been here loves it, so naturally we have to find out what all the fuss is about.