Mary and Mr. Forde visit Berlin

One of the nice things that happened before our trip to America for Thanksgiving was a visit by Mary and Brian to Berlin. We were very lucky that they took three days out of their annual trip to Scandinavia to hang out with us. I have to say that it was lovely to have proper one-on-one time with them both, as I've only met them twice at the big group gatherings at Christmas and so hadn't had the chance really to have a proper conversation before. It just meant that we got to have some really nice chats, over the requisite kaffee und kuchen of course, and the odd beer or two.
The weather wasn't great while they were here but as they would tell you themselves they quite like it that way! We thought that they both fit in nicely here in Berlin as they both look quite European and are very relaxed individuals.

We showed them around to the usual sights, the Fernsehturm, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the odd DDR site etc.

I think I knew this already about Brian but we found that he rivals Eric in the funny poses department.

There was no strange statue left unposed beside!

My favourite time with them was the time spent in our area, Prenzlauer Berg. Mary was in the mood for decadence so we brought them to the best cake house (we think) in Berlin, where we all sampled treats like Pistachio Torte and Praline Chocolate Cake. Delicious! We wandered around a couple of second-hand stores and then went shopping for some quality German beer. We ended the day at our apartment where Eric made some of his famous pizza. I know that this sounds like another day in the life of Kusi and Eric spent centred around food. And yes, I suppose it was, but it was all the made so much better because of the company.

Thanks Mary and Brian! See you next year.