Berlin, here we are!

After an uneventful 8.5 hour flight, we arrived early on Monday morning in Berlin. Our greeting commitee was already there and happy to see us: 

While in Germany, the kids and I will commute between my father´s apartment in Berlin and my mom`s house in the outskirts of Berlin. We will also go on a short trip to the Baltic Sea with my best friend and her son and a weekend trip to Hamburg. I will also fly to Paris to visit a dear friend for a long weekend while the kids will stay with their grandparents. And then there is my brother´s wedding in the end of July, the reason why we are here in the first place. As you can imagine, we have lots of fun things planned and the 8 weeks vacation will be over before we know it.

The first couple of days, we spend with my father and his girlfriend Petra in Berlin. Already a few hours after our arrival, we enjoyed our first ice cream cone:

The weatherhere has been beautiful so far thus, we are spending lots of time outside. We took a stroll thru Wilhelmsruh and the kids and their grandpa explored nearby playgrounds.

After a long night because my little boy had a rough time falling asleep (time difference is 7 hours), we woke up pretty late and then headed to a big public park (Bürgerpark), where I already played at when I was young. Chasing soccer balls, a picnic and feeding the ducks kept us busy till it was time to head back to the apartment:

A couple of portraits I took of the kids while they played:

Smelling the roses in the rose garden:

My 3 soccer players look exhausted:

On Wednesday, we drove to my mom´s house, where the kids enjoyed playing in the backyard and eating more ice cream:

Bounce house fun with friends at the nearby market:

So far, the kids settled in nicely and we recovered from our jetlag within 2 days. I`m amazed at how easy my children adjusted to the different language and culture here and how happy they are to be here. We all are having a great time and enjoy spending time with our family and friends.