I have been teaching college freshmen since the beginning of September, which has everything to do with the abandoned state of this blog since then. What a tremendous amount of work, as all you instructors/professors/teachers know, even when you have a relatively set curriculum. I’ve been doing pretty much nothing else other than working and …
Tag: The Apartment
What a Difference a Season Makes
There’s no secret about it: I am in love with our balcony. It’s sunny and bright. I can watch all the goings-on along our bustling street. It’s perfect on warm mornings for breakfast, and gets the glowing early evening sun. Also, mein Schatz (I can’t claim any credit here) has painstakingly tended our flowers and plants …
Virtual decorating
Furnishing, decorating, and setting up our apartment is going (very) very slow. We’ve hosted a few guests since we’ve moved in, and unfortunately, they’ve been subjected to the remaining unpacked boxes and random bits still stacked in corners without a home. We’re making progress for sure, but we haven’t hung anything on the walls yet, …
Day at the beach
The weather has been gorgeous here in Berlin, so we bagged our (okay, my) shopping plans and spent the day at one of the many lakes on the outskirts of the city, the Kleiner Müggelsee. Within about an hour’s reach by public transportation, we had a relaxed afternoon laying in the sand and cooling off …