Saturday, January 19, 2013

New Years and welcome January

New Year's Day Osechi


January 23rd Potluck with the extended family
our contribution was the Mount Fuji potato salad mound


 Brunch at Irving Place
and we were finally able to visit the adorable tree house out back





and dessert and Kiwi Kitchen just down the street
cafe latte with strawberry-rhubarb pie, chocolate brownie and caramel slice

 First snow of the year
from the balcony

after a 45 minute walk through the blizzard we arrived at one of the best yakiniku restaurants in Tokyo



Stamina

at Sanshiro Pond, Todai




A book no Berlin girl should go without
 Today I tried the ragu alla bolognese ... 


deliciousness



Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas in Berlin 2012

December 21

buying the xmas tree

goose dinner at Engelbecken

December 22 
Potsdam


Dutch quarter
La Maison du Chocolate
Cecilienhof
lunch at the Meierei Brauerei 

Neues Palais 
Sans Souci

Schutz Christmas Party 






December 23
Neues Museum
 The Year of the Truffel



December 24
morning tea with friends
Brandenburg Gate 



lighting the tree

The Ampelmännchen story


post church get-together







December 25









Christmas Day dinner

December 26



special visitor