Saturday, June 16, 2018

House Warming & Birthday (Party)

Why not celebrating two great occasions on the same day, preferably on the weekend. One is the birthday of Tobi and the other one the completion of the house we've purchased and renovated last year. Sure there are still things that we need to finish but in time we will get there.


A very warm thank you to all who attended, helped and assisted in organising the event, preparing dishes and cakes. We could not have done it without you guys, you are awesome.  And what a surprise by one very special guest who brought along a home made "birthday cake".


As everyone knows it is the time of the Soccer World Cup yet again, so we had to put the TV outside in order to follow one particular game, France vs Australia. We also followed the other games of the day but not as intense as the Australian game.


At night time we finished the celebration with a bonfire as we still have the fireplace on the property which came with the house and as long as we have it we will use it. The following morning we had a big breakfast with family & friends and around lunch time we finally had a breather, everyone  was gone and we enjoyed some quite time.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

On Vacation

Finally, I'm on vacation for one week and I'm not leaving the country. I will stay in Germany and take it easy. So, I got picked up directly from work not wasting any time and heading up north to Ferdinandshof aka "woop woop". Leaving behind the city of Berlin in order get some quite time, fresh and clean air at the countryside is exactly what I need to recharge my batteries.


Having checked the weather forecast it looks like we are in luck of having a sunny and hot week ahead of us, perfect to actually hitting the beach and getting into the water of the Baltic Sea, our sort of "the ocean". Going to the Baltic Sea we just had to drive one hour to get to the island of Usedom which has a German and a Polish part. This time we stayed at the German side of the island. However, I've heard a lot of great feedback for the Polish part of the island which we'll keep in mind for our next trip.


What a fantastic day trip, doing a bit of everything, from sun bathing, swimming, enjoying some food to just walking up and down the promenade.