Berlin x 2

May and I at the Potsdamer Platz mall with all the Christmas decorations

Well, we made it to Berlin, and all we could say was “How glad we are to be here!” We had to shorten our trip by two valuable days, but we packed the two days we had chock full of fun things to do. The first day with May we had to wait for our lost luggage, but we still squeezed in a trip to the top of the Reichstag, a visit to our first Weinacht’s Markt (Christmas Market), a choir concert, and a jazz club. The Reichstag was full of information and had fantastic views, the Christmas Market helped us spend some Euros, the choir concert (with May’s younger brother Magnus) was FANTASTIC and made me miss choir so much, and the jazz club was lovely and located under the train station, so I felt totally Chicago every time a train rumbled overhead. What a day.It snowed!!!

The inside of the top of the state building, the Reichstag.

Some of the corny gingerbread hearts at a Weinachtsmarkt.

The next day we headed out after a breakfast at the neighborhood coffee shop to the big Christmas Market, where May and I rode on the big Ferris Wheel. Then we went to the Altes Museum, which has a great collection of ancient Greek and Roman works. We had some spiced wine, a specialty of the Christmas Markets, took a bus ride around town to see all the sights, and then stopped by one last (seriously, how many more could we go to?) Christmas Market before heading to supper at May’s mum’s house. It was lovely, she cooked all kinds of delicious food for us, we got to visit with May’s family, and she presented us with fantastic presents: jam, and scarves. The best. What more could you ask for? We had a wonderful time in Berlin, and now of course, Mum knows she has to come back to visit some day. Especially since I’ve decided I’ll be living here at some point in my life… two days is definitely not enough.One of the Christmas markets from above.

May's mum, her sister Clara, and May at our supper!