A neighbour

Saturday and Sunday

Saturday we woke up to rain…..We had planned on doing very little, except for making use of Cam to drive me to stock up on groceries before they leave early on Sunday morning. So we spent the day lazing, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and Cam and Cassidy figuring out where their Paris hotel (right near the Sorbonne and la Jardin du Luxembourg ) and how to get there from the Orly airport.

We had a nice dinner here of pasta and schnitzel….and they tried to get to bed…because 4:30 am comes early to catch the 5:00am train to the Berlin airport for their 7:30 flight……Cam drove Cassidy and the luggage to the station, brought the car back and the jogged to the train station…..I took the keys from him then went back to bed!!!! It looked like a nice day.

I had a great time with them this week…they are easy to travel/tour with….I’m glad that they were here at the beginning of this adventure, to share my introduction to Europe and Berlin with me and to see Berlin. In the next couple of weeks, before Sheryl gets here, I’m going to make a few little trips using my Eurail pass.

Waiting for the train


Cam emailed at about 11 to say they had arrived and were headed towards their hotel!

I woke up at about 9 and lazed around all morning.

This afternoon I went for a walk (in search of a couple of caches) This is a very pleasant neighbourhood….single family dwellings, duplexes, and small apartments. Both the narrow streets and the sidewalks are paved with cobblestones….(I’m really watching my step….you know me tripping over every twig), and lined with lots of trees….I think they are Linden tree because I keep smelling the fragerant flowers every time I leave the house.. The yards are small but very green with lots of flowers and plants.
I walked down to a nature area to find the first cache…..a great board walk with lots of cyclists and walkers….didn’t find that one but continued to the next one which I found then circled back to Hermsdorf….most things are closed on Sundays but a little bakery/cafe was open for a strawberry cake and some juice. I picked up some local strawberries from a little stand on my way back home….from a young man who was from here but had just come back from spending a year in New Zealand.

Forgot my camera so I’m going back out for a few minutes to get some pictures to add to this entry…because I don’t think I’ll be staying up too late tonight! There is another game on tonight so the flags are flying, the TVs are going out beside the dinners being set up in the yards…..they are playing Denmark tonight.

The street I'm on

Cobblestones




Ready for the game