Berlin

What a fantabulous week it’s been having my family in Europe! They came to Amsterdam for a bit, and then the 4 of us went to Berlin for four days to visit my Dad’s parents and some friends. It was the best vacation!

I just said goodbye to them this morning, and right now I’m on a train (I love trains) back to Amsterdam (I have class tomorrow and cant miss ANY more!).

We are so casual with hellos and goodbyes and visits it seems. I think we’re just a family that is so used to travelling a lot that when we’re around each other its great, but if not then it’s not the biggest deal. We always know we will see each other somewhere in the world soon enough!

Berlin seems to be such a great city but each time I go I end up hanging out mostly around the Zoo Station area and not getting the chance to see much more. I want to check out more of East Berlin next time. Oh well... It was still great, and I walked away with another Hard Rock Cafe Berlin t-shirt (yes!!!!).

My Deutsch Oma and my Greek Opa were sooo happy to see us. It was difficult to say goodbye. My Opa is such a tough guy, but he really cried when we had to leave. And the way my Oma fed us, man... Neither of them speak English so I had to use a combination of Dutch, sign language, and my dad to translate!

I spent lots of time with Noelle, my sister. We don’t often connect very much and so it was really fun getting to know her as an adult woman (we spent lots of time fighting, and I actually have a few bruises).

Back to class tomorrow! I think Loren Cunningham is speaking.

SPF