Mildred and I met in 1988 at a volunteer project in Neu Wulmsdorf, a small town outside Hamburg. After the project finished, we hitchhiked around Germany, and spent a very memorable week – for both of us – in West Berlin, with a day visit to East Berlin. Mildred came…
Reporting from a very pleasant (so far!) couple of hours layover at Heathrow! On Monday, we had 9am tickets for a visit to the Reichstag dome, so we met up with Mildred at our local tram stop and took Berlin’s excellent train system there. It was a lovely misty morning,…
Prologue We flew to Berlin on different flights, due to my booking earlier to use frequent flier miles and John booking later once his work trip was 100% sure to go ahead. John arrived early Saturday and checked into our airbnb in Prenzlauer Berg, went for lunch and had some…
Maddie had a choir concert last week, with a very prominent solo earned through an audition! Here she is starting the song off with here with her solo. Amazing singing, Maddie! We had a great visit from Barry between his visit to Wisconsin and flying back to London! We also…
We were down in Michigan this weekend, getting the house ready for winter, with the first freezing temperatures of the winter, but still nice enough for some lovely sunsets! Despite being busy we managed to find time to drive up to Grand Rapids, with our friends Karen and John, to…
After a lovely week in sawyer, we drove back to Chicago. John headed off on a business trip and I worked a few days while Paddy and Kathleen visited some of their favorite spots like the bean and added some new adventures like taking an architectural boat cruise and –…
It was the first trip to Chicago in a while, but we started it off with something new, a week down in Sawyer, enjoying lots of 30c/80f days, some great fall harvest fruit and vegetables, and cool evenings to enjoy sunsets and swims! There were lots of arguments as to…
We had a lovely time in Michigan with friends Brian, Chantal and Emily. Lots of fun including sunset swims and fresh fruit! Emily has some very fashionable lounge wear! The wildfires in Canada have been making for some hazy skies especially visible at the horizon at sunset. The sun will…
After our fun holiday weekend, John had some work back in Chicago and I stayed put for a few days. It was quiet and I worked a lot but also had some nice beach time! On Friday the Groves arrived by car and then John arrived by train. By morning…
We just finished a pretty eventful and fun week back from vacation, it’s hard to believe we just got back from vacation a bit over a week ago! It’s also hard to believe how tall the false sunflowers in front of our house grew while we were away! On Monday…