Loki Pictures

Because he's so adorable/crazy

Thanksgiving Pictures

Here are some pictures from the Thanksgiving we hosted a while back. Constans took these great pictures and was kind enough to share them with me.

Berlin Dom GIF

Keith made this gif to show the different designs on the Berliner Dom. This is a work of art designed specifically for the Festival of Lights.

Festival of Lights

A bit over a month ago Berlin hosted a Festival of Lights in which many famous building and monuments were lit up. I finally got the pictures from our Festival of Lights adventure from Keith, so here are some of my favorites:

Bread and Salt

At the Thanksgiving dinner we hosted, we received a loaf of bread and some salt as a present (as well as a beautiful poinsettia). These are traditional German housewarming gifts, so that you always have something to eat (bread) and you always have money (salt). This tradition dates back to the days when salt and other spices were rare. It was a really sweet gesture.

Fewer Posts

Things are a little crazy right now, so I'll be moving to a post every other day for a while.

Awesome Bike Ride

We went on a bike ride a couple of weeks ago in the Grunewald area. It was gorgeous and so peaceful. The leaves were starting to turn, too. The first half on the loop was pretty flat, but the second half was near some lakes and was quite hilly. We took these pictures at the top of one of those hills:

Josie and Loki

It's hard to make out what's going on in this video, but Loki is cleaning Josie. Very adorable.

Crisco

Here is it called plant fat. And you buy it by the kilogram.

TJ Maxx's German Cousin