Catching up

We've been in Berlin for a week now, and I've gotten behind on posting to the blog. We've been pretty busy -- Mike has been working a lot, and hopefully that will slow down this week. I had several interviews this week, as well as getting settled into my office at the Free University of Berlin. Mike has mainly taken the kids on a tour of playgrounds this week, but they also went to the Reichstag (the German seat of parliament), the Berlin wall park, the only place where a part of the wall is still standing, and yesterday we went to the city of Potsdam. Here's some pictures from last week:
This was father's day -- Mike got to row us around on the lake in the Tiergarten, but at least we got to enjoy some dinner at the biergarten afterwards. The Tiergarten is great -- there are several playgrounds, and tons of walking/running trails. I've been running there on a regular basis. There are also animals (besides the zoo). Speaking of the zoo, we are just a few blocks away from the main entrance, so Mike took the boys there and got a membership since they have a nice playground there as well. So far the favorite playground is the "rubber" playground. You would never see a playground like this in the U.S., way too dangerous, but the boys love jumping around and playing on the various climbing sections. I'll post some pictures from the boys trip to the wall and our trip to Potsdam later today (hopefully!)