Our first spring visitor

Julia flew in from London this Tuesday for two nights. Seeing Valedii Meladze was apparently her reason for a visit, but we know that really it was just an excuse to see us! :) As usual it was wonderful to see her and I am very happy that she kept me company while Tim was in the Kita on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. It made leaving him there by himself for the first two times a lot more bearable. Needless to say it was great to catch up.

On Wednesday we also managed a nice trip to the zoo. It was actually great to go during the day on a weekday, as it was almost empty. The zoo is looking very nice especially because there are so many trees blooming.

That night we went to the above mentioned Meladze concert. It was my first introduction to the said man, but I was happy to keep Julia company. Even though it's definitely not my usual cup of tea, one or two of the songs I thought were very enjoyable. What amazed me most is that after each song there would be women and children (!) getting up on stage and giving him flowers and alcohol! Towards the end of the show there was a whole table full of bouquets and he cracked open a bottle of wine and sculled a glass-full to the health of the audience. Ahhh those Ruskies!!!

Random stuff

I've been cleaning out my phone so here's some random photos from the past 18 months or so, enjoy.

Some handy tips on how to work the new family member just arrived - thanks Lads ;)

We went and spent a bit of cash recently, shiny new Canon EOS 50D, 50mm f1.4, 17-85mm f4.5-5.6 and 70-300mm f4.5-5.6. Just gotta work out what all the buttons do now ;-)

Banjo playing shadow puppets, he's convinced his shadow is another cat and keeps trying to reach it.

Do philosophers value function over form?

Who needs a fishing hook, just scoop - these fish seemed to be swimming through each other rather than through water:

Pearl Jam concert last summer - where Gomez was the support act - totally awesome. I have some videos to post when I get around to it too.

Random Berlin:

That's just wrong and so very wrong...

Honest I am neither breaking, nor entering. This is what happens when someone forgets the keys to a secure storage area, mental note - cages should go to the ceiling.

There's cool and then there's disco cool:

That's one dark beverage:

The different faces of Wifey:

Egypt, such a queer place ;-) we used the photo of the ATM keypad to decode the prices in the shops, the boat staff had fun with the towels too:

Azza and Bazza, we miss you guys (BBQ mauerpark, chicken at Henne and Christmas (super)market and in a "The Little Boat That Broke"):

Not staged:

France: small beer, small coffee, small minds?

Paul and Deb: we took him to a rockabilli concert, can you guess what he's looking at? Got bass luv?

Bed fail in a Bad town (travelling with Polina's folks in August)

Anya likes Berlin:

"Mensch ärger dich nicht" (translation Don't have a cow dude) a game in which you are destined to make A. no friends and B. have a cow. (L-R Axel (brother), Olaf (cousin), Emmi (mother), Polina (wife)):