Friday, 17 January On and off in 2013, depending on how long we were here, I’ve been taking intensive German classes because I do not want to live in a place where I can’t communicate with the people. Today is the end of my first week back at

Monday, 13 January 2014 Yesterday we took the S-Bahn to Grünewald and were lucky to get the last table at Scheune, which means barn, a very German restaurant. The site gives a good idea. http://www.scheune-restaurant.de/ Shelter from the cold, a glass of Riesling, people bustling in and

Sunday, 12 January 2014 Back in Berlin, one year to the day after moving here half-time. What a difference from 12 January 2013, when we arrived by car, in the snow, no Berlin map. We circled for over half an hour before finding the Almstadstraße. Even then, everything was strange,