Dressed up bear

From a corner in charlottenburg:

TV tower

I forgot to take a picture yesterday, so this one is from David. The TV tower from outside his work! 

Construction of two sorts

This building in our neighborhood was on fire last July and only now does it have s scaffolding for repair:

And in my walk to choir, the daylight savings light let me get an ok picture of  this combination of old, new, and construction: 

The Berliner Dom

Was especially scenic in yesterday's sunny weather. 

Sunset at frankfurter tot

From yesterday, a sunset at frankfurter tor. It was better in person - my phone's camera doesn't do it justice.

Electronic music

David set up his dj station today because we hosted his electronic music group! 

Zitadelle Spandau

Today we touristed at an old fort at the edge of Berlin. First, David:

Then a view of the tower from a wall:

And then the view from the top of the tower:

Another construction picture

This is what I found when I went to the window to figure out why our apartment was shaking from the street construction. 

Street construction

From our street yesterday morning. As far as I can tell, they are in the long and loud process of moving the curb up to make more pedestrian space! 

From the train at haptbahnhof

A mystery: what is this lit up dome??

Bikes at Potsdam HBF

I'm still on busses, but once I get a bike I'll leave it here for my Potsdam commute! 

Improvised drying

Without a dryer, the most unwieldy part of laundry are sheets and comforter covers. 

A run in rummelsberg and kreuzberg

Out and about

First, we noticed that Uncle Tom's Cabin in actually an u-bahn stop:

And then, a late night statue in kreuzberg: 

Worse commutes to come

My usual s-bahn station is closing for about 6 weeks. Unless I get a bike, I'll be losing an additional ~90 minutes a week to the commute! 

Clean!

We hired a cleaner, and one surprise feature of the cleaning was a ribbon declaring out toilet clean! 

Shops under the tracks

It looks strange to me that there is frequently a row of stores under the train. 

Infrequent bus is infrequent

Just a picture of the bus schedule at my work stop to illustrate the point: 

Three photos

From our pre-IKEA trip. The first one is traffic lights for the tram, then a random statue and our brunch! 

Mr. DJ

I forgot to post this yesterday: David set up his DJ equipment and asked me to take this picture to show his electronic music friends: 

Pies!

David has been raving about these pies that he got catered to work sometimes, and they just opened a cafe and store where you can buy them individually. 

Just another schloss

From a walk near work: 

Tour bus!

This bus, spotted in babelsberg, amused me greatly. 

Well, it's empty. Also, I can translate the second word: palace round trip (tours). And on the back, there is a man labeled "Prince Heinrich," who is obviously featured on these tours.

Not yet spring

I was waiting for the bus with a coworker this morning and she said she felt Berlin doesn't get spring - that we transition from winter to summer rather abruptly. 

I said that maybe we should instead think about the hours of spring we get in the afternoon. Today I wore my winter coat in the morning, but comfortably walked around outside in a sweater in the afternoon. And it's only a little cloudy. 

Three OS

Ever since David got me this lovely computer to broaden the available games, I've had access to three different operating systems: windows at home, Linux at work, and Mac on my laptop. 

I mostly use my laptop, even with all these options!

More of Edinburgh

Edinburgh continued to be both scenic and fun! 

Just two last Edinburgh pictures

Taken on the way to the bus: 

And from the bus:

From the observatory this morning

More Edinburgh

I uploaded full size pictures today because there was some serious scenery. But first, cooked breakfast that's included with my stay:

Next, on my walk to the observatory, I encountered this arch at the bottom of Observatory Road:

And then true Scenic-ness from the top of the hill:

And the observatory roof:

 And finally, savory pies for dinner: