The Days Blurrrrr

Cold day out at Wannsee... Running errands

I guess it is a good sign of a truly relaxing vacation when you have NO idea what day of the week/year it is.  The only thing that keeps me in check is that I know on Sundays all the stores are closed as well as the holidays and at this time of year there are A LOT of days when the stores are closed. We have been getting out for daily  long walks Mogli.

On Sunday we were invited to go to our friends Beth, Jochen, Maya and Louis' house for the German traditional "Kaffee and Kuchen"  Germans traditionally have cake and coffee in the early afternoon.  This time Jochen made a currant/berry tart that was SO delicious.  Before the cake time the kids and the dads spend a couple hours at the local pinball arcade.  And before that Marty an I ran a couple of errands in the bitter cold but beautiful weather.  We spent several hours just chatting and eating cake and drinking tea and coffee.  It really is a nice tradition.
On Monday we had our good friends the Hoffmans over for a late lunch.  We all ate ourselves sick on the lunch (sweet potato and black been enchiladas) and the yummy dessert that they brought of homemade apple muffins topped with vanilla ice cream, fresh raspberries and whipped cream.  We then played several Song Trivia games with our new Google home hub device.  Fionnuala,

Josie and I held our own against Noah, Wolfgang and the formidable DJ - Marty who typically not only knows the song title but also the artist.   The

younger boys had an absolute blast playing nerf guns downstairs.
We had started the Christmas puzzle a couple of days before but Wolfgang helped a lot and was quite amazing at finding just the right piece to go in just the right place.  Fun, lazy holiday break days and evenings.