Warn The Town, The Beast Is Loose

Observations about Berlin: 1) there's lots of wasps 2) there's lots of yoga studios 3) there's lots of currywurst.   but no schnitzels. I had three days to explore and catch up with Simon and Sebastian, the guys we met in Bucharest. I nearly missed my flight and had to run frantically through Gatwick for the second time this year....next time I do long stay parking I must remember it takes AGES to find a parking space!!!  I also got stopped at security (as I have every time this year!) because my external charger looked suspicious.  On the way home I got stopped because my camera and hair straighteners looked suspicious.  I even got taken into a private room for them to be swiped down for explosives. Sigh. Berlin-Schoenefeld airport is pretty rubbish and I have learnt not to judge a place by its airport.  The train station at the airport is just as bad and very poorly signed so there were lots of tourists wandering about wondering which platform they should use

Sorry, as Lisa so kindly pointed out, an increase in age shouldn’t mean a decrease in blogging.  So here’s some things I have been up to… A lovely 14 mile bike ride on a sort of date down the Thames Path.  We also had a quick pit stop at Surrey Docks farm which was a nice little find.  I even cycled home from London Bridge on the road all by myself.  Lovely jubbly. A ridiculously lazy Sunday whereby I got out of bed at 11, cleaned the kitchen, went back to bed, got out of bed again, had brunch with housemates, walked to the park and played Molkky, got tired so played Molkky sitting down (it doesn’t work very well), went home via the ice cream shop (I was good and resisted) and fell asleep on the sofa for a further three hours, had inner, went to bed. Walked from Blackfriars to Clapham with Sepha, had a delicious home made salad and good Linkee (boardgame – it’s fun, try it) session. A date with a ridiculously perserverant guy.  I knew it was a no the mom