Pass me the wine, bitte..

I'm drinking wine again. It has been awhile. but the wine is so darn good, so cheap, and so needed at the end of the day..that ..oh well.

Today we have been in Berlin 22 days. It seems longer than that when I think of everything we have done. These past weeks remind me of a kayak trip I took with my friend Sally.

It was a mistake really..I mean we had no business on that river with sea kayaks. And we were sorely bounced around all day. At the end of the day I would pull into camp and look at Sally and say; "at least I didn't die!' and then she would hand me a gin and tonic. Day after day. And we didn't die, or get hurt, or sick or or or or...


At the end of the day here I say to Tom: "at least I didn't "

• fall off my bike
  
• hit someone on my bike


• lose anything


• make anyone too mad


• say something really stupid in German


• get lost


• lock my self out of our house


• flood the house with washer controls in German


• make German mistake..like puttling hands on lap while eating, or hold flowers wrong


• hit the wrong button on computer..since they are all in Germam
  
• get on wrong train or bus or have the wrong ticket..

Actually I have made a lot of mistakes. Today I fell trying to take my bike down the stairs at the train station. It was messy. It is humbling being plopped into a new country. Then I almost got on the wrong train with my bike..I am glad I remembered to look for the bike sign on the train.

Everything Ionce took for granted seems to be missing. Like the "y" key on the keyboard of computers. Why is it in the bottom left now? It took me awhile to find the @ key too. Friends, oh my I miss my friends. And understanding

what people are saying..that is so wonderful. We smile a lot and nod.

So I navigate carefully here. I smile, say " guten morgan" a lot, and plow ahead. And when I get home I am grateful for another day in Berlin..hand me the wine.