The new Nachbar

It was a relatively normal weekend until I spotted our new neighbour. Should I befriend him or direct him to the airport?

Rollerblade Berlin

:) I hope I am a bit better than this before the next marathon.

My new sport

Last month I left the house one calm Sunday and came face to face with 5000 rollerskaters wizzing passed. The Elf and I stood transfixed partly because we were unable to cross the street and after twenty minutes I had become completely hooked and vowed to be part of the Rollschuhe marathon next year. It looks like the most exciting thing to do ever! No, I have never even been on a pair of rollerskates but after my intensive rollerskaing research on the web I have discovered that it is the sport of the moment and there seem to be inline skating rinks all over berlin. The only problem is I have no idea what a beginner roller skater is called.......

Kurbis mania

Germany's answer to Halloween starts on the first of October and everything turns very quickly into a pumpkin and stays that way for a month. As we were in London this time last year we managed to avoid the Kurbis fest and avoid the takeover of our street by Kurbis people selling pumpkins in all shapes, sizes and manners. Every restaurant in the area also starts to whip up a pumpkin frenzy offering pumpkin in every dish, with everything from pumpkin pasta to pumpkin juice?? All one can do is go with the flow and swing a few pumpkins over the shoulder and hope soon that we can walk down the street without being overwhelmed by Kurbisness.