June 7

Not very original titles, I know. And sorry, no pics. But Im knackered. Too knackered to download photos. And besides, Nemy is the only one smart enough to take pics ( mind you their all of Jamina and Benjamin on the train, anyway).

Today we got up early to go to the Rilligs for breakfast. They live in a beautiful apartment - these places are huge and bright and beautiful. We then went to..? I dont know the name of anything....a huge forest in the south of berlin. It was beatiful, surrounded by gigantic houses that looked straight out of a german fairy tale. We stopped for lunch (weiners, sauerkraut and beer of course) and the kids played themselves senseless, as Berlin, like the rest of Europe it seems, knows how to do parks, and do them all over the place. The girls come home at night covered in filth.

Germans are fanatical about pingpong. There are stone tables set up in all the parks and people (everyone) carries around their own paddles and balls for impromptu games.

Reconsidering taking a language course. I would love to learn German. Might take a short course in July.

Not much else to report as we spent the whole day wandering around with the Rilligs, and being witness to the gigantic love affair Y and Matthias are having. So rarely do you see people so thoroughly enjoying the same pathetically base sense of humor.

Berlin has to be one of the worlds most livable, giant cities. It seems very easy here, and there doesnt seem to be any of the horrific poverty one sees in North American/other European big cities.