Tomorrow we head back to the states for a whole month. Well a whole month for the kiddos and me and 2 1/2 weeks for L. We will head to L.A. to hang with some of my brothers and then Washington state for my youngest brothers' wedding, more family visits in Cambridge , MA and then Maine. We are all excited (grown ups a bit stressed by the usual travel woes) but never the less looking forward to a vacation. The kiddos finished school 8 days ago and since then it's been them and me, and me and them (and on the weekends, L). I think we (the kiddos and I) are really feeling the lack of community here. And once we arrive in Maine -I will be falling back on the it takes a village mentality and hope to not have to entertain my children for 2 1/2 whole weeks. But we have been enjoying summer in Berlin (despite some crappy ass weather) and I already see via social media that we will be missing some fun stuff here, I explained to B the other day that we have screwed ourselves now- when we are here we miss Maine and when we're in Maine we will inevitably miss some things here- sigh. Here are some images from our short summer here- including B's end of the year class party, more time at the lake, and general exploring in the sun and the rain.
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Last weekend we went to two new places in Berlin. I'll admit it- I was in a bit of a Berlin rut spending most days within a 4 block radius of our apartment and on the stretch of sbahn between our place and B's school- so it was nice to explore two new areas. The first was a little lake called WeißenSee near F's school. Her school had a summer festival that we attended and from there headed off to explore this sweet little lake which according to L has a very DDR feel to it still. We didn't have our swimming gear but rented a row boat and explored that way. I really appreciate that in Berlin (and many big cities) you can walk a few blocks and suddenly feel very much like you're in the country. If only the same were true when you live in the country. We will certainly return when the kiddos are finished with school next week. Then on Sunday we ventured to the famous Thai market. What started out as a gathering of Thai families at a west Berlin park has become a huge Thai street food market. It has great food, people watching and an amazing playground to boot. It was the best Thai food I have had in a long time and I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked because quite honestly -I was very busy eating. Again, we will be returning.
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