Day 2

 In the morning of day 2 we continue trying to set up our home and making it feel like ours.  Marty needs a few electrical things so we head to a few stores.  We stop by the grocery store again because we are already adopting the European lifestyle of buying just a few things every time instead of stocking up. Doesn't our basket already look European?  I can understand why they do this as the kitchen storage space is quite small as is the fridge.  Also, things just taste fresher that way.  And, as we will soon find out once we return the car and are only able to transport groceries via foot or on bike, they get pretty heavy if you buy too much.
Marty is able to set up his radio equipment but we are still without Internet connection.  It is amazing how something so seemingly small can become so large when you don't have it.  Marty is getting pretty anxious because he really wants to test the connection between our house here in Germany and the radio station.  He has done his show remotely from our basement in West Seattle before but it feels (and IS) so much further away from Berlin!

My sister, Kim, was traveling in Spain for the last week of July.  On her way home to Bellingham she wanted to stay with us for a few days.  When she originally mentioned it I thought "WHAT? That's crazy! It will be day 2 for us.  How could we have you come and visit on day TWO of our international move.  Only a sister would ask and only a sister would say yes but I'm happy to report it was a WONDERFUL visit and she helped out in so many ways.

Her flight into Berlin was delayed by several hours and then there was terrible traffic on the way home so we decided to just eat at home.
 Pretty proud of myself that we were able to have dinner with a guest in our new house on day 2.  It wasn't much but according to Marty it is typical German dinner called Abend Brot.