We just finished making a berry cheesecake. Cinna picked three large tupperware tubs of berries from a commuter parking lot at her tram stop. I don't like berries as such, but the cheesecake will be awesome, I think. We bought a new immersion blender today, and wandered around the store a bit more. I always want more nifty gadgets in the kitchen. ( Read more... )

Kyrill left as quickly as he came, the eye of the storm hitting Berlin around 11 pm last night. Berlin = six hours away. Power flickered a bit last night, but basically, the worst was just when I had posted last night. Cinna had a bit of a nightmare coming home, as electricity lines of trams had collapsed and she got carted by bus to the next tram ( Read more... )

Or not. This morning it was really windy, the wind was howling. How cozy, I said. Not so cozy anymore. Welcome, Hurricane Kyrill, currently sweeping across Germany. Cinna and I had wanted to go to the expat meeting tonight, but that's off. Deutsche Bahn has stopped all trains in our state (including the ones we would use), and Rheinbahn has a storm ( Read more... )