My first trip to Berlin. God I look young and thin! We aren't moving to Berlin (it's usually the second thing people ask). I adore Berlin but it's easy to get in a bubble of expats and Melbournites and we're keen to challenge ourselves a little.







Cannot wait to make lots more preserves, cheap berries will be a luxury! Will be great fun.


Loads of outdoor cafes. And in winter, they don't do energy saving heaters like Melbourne, they put blankets out!









Always great to visit community gardens. This one was in Hamburg. The third question people ask me is if I speak German. The answer is, a little. I'm not a natural learning languages but I'm working on it. It's something I am of course extremely nervous about. I am a voracious reader and follower of news. I love the cinema. I love interacting and meeting new people. But I don't want it to be an excuse not to do something new.









 
 Markets! God I love markets! I've read that the Christmas markets are particularly spectacular.







Old school eastern european relics. This was in a hotel room at a holiday resort in Sassnitz.




I don't have rose coloured glasses on. Learning German is very difficult. Adjusting to cultural differences is hard. Packing up a whole house and clearing it out is hard (and incredibly time consuming). But it's time for a challenge, and a change. We're winding up Green Renters and whilst we hope to do some of the work we do in a different way (more on that later) like our cooking classes, we are relishing the opportunity to try new things and do new things. Running your own charity is incredibly consuming (at times to our detriment) and the freedom of change will be incredible.