We love Berlin! And with every visit that love is growing…

Our new discoveries:

Lomography shop gallery

Frau Tulpe fabric shop

Kolle 37 adventure playground

Technikmuseum

My dearest had some teaching to do in this lovely city and I needed to top up our chocolate stashes…. 2 sunny and very relaxed days. And a big thanks to Eurostar.

It only takes to book the flights, rent a flat and a few days later enjoy your holidays! We fel in love with this city all over again and came back home filled up with (German sweets) ideas and hopes… Berlin!

Ah Paris Paris. Je t’aime? Hmmmm maybe we have to go there only the two of us again, without the kids, and find the real face of this city again, but at the moment I’ve no sentiments. This time I loved the Louvre and I love those 3m of fabric I bought (yep, you can find lots of beautiful, in many colours and patterns, heavy, or vintage linen, but boy, the prices!) from a cluttered fabric shop near Le Sacré Coeur. Ok, the cheese is good… and French language is beautiful. And I love their cinema. Book stores. The tune. But there is no love for the city of love…

Louvre museum

ah – this place is overwhelming! Sooooo huge, so interesting… at least for the adults

I would spent a day in this building. On my own.

imagining, pretending, admiring

Tuileries

another tourist destination – Sacre Coeur

and the famous view

we took the train, we went to Paris.

On our way

we did see the ashes that keep the metal ‘birds’ grounded…

impressed our kids with the Notre Dame

found the Pompidou Centre closed

got surprised with the amount of people everywhere, restaurant prices, impressed with the selection at the big supermarket, the weather (!) and our kids. Day 1 – done. Two more to go.