Good morning mein freunds. It's a rainy morning here in the motherland so we've decided to lay low following our Oktoberfest blow out yesterday and get some schooling in with the kids. All of Celeste's friends have been telling her much much work they have so we're feeling a tad guilty. Germany has been fantastic through and through. It has so much to offer - rich history, incredible beauty, and great parties! In Berlin we met an outstanding tour guide, M...

Hey guys, it's Celeste and Nina here doing our 50th day blog (which was actually on Tuesday)! We decided that we would ask each person their favorite quote, photo and food. So let's get started. Nina: Food- crépe by the Eiffel Tower (strawberries, whipped cream and sugar) Photo- Duck Chase! Quote- Since we hadn't had American food in a while this is what I said.... "I saw hamburgers and I was all like yee!" (in a country accent) Celeste: Food-chocolate mouss...

So here's our crazy story from yesterday. We were riding the Hop On, Hop Off tour bus. Trying to get a feel for Berlin. It was awful. There were no back stories or details. So very dry. For example, "In an apartment in that building on the left, there was an assassination attempt on Hitler's life in 1944." Really? Wow. Tell me more. Interesting. Dead air. Nothing. And so on. I was falling asleep enjoying the sunshine on the roof of the bus. Nina was as usual tell...

Herbst = Autumn in German Herbst = my maiden name Herbst + Herbst = fun times for us making up silly sentences to fit Herbst into! Herbst sure is extraordinarily beautiful this year! Herbst makes me so happy! Herbst just gets better and better every year. The splendor of Herbst is unrivaled. Herbst in Germany is extra special. That Herbst is so colorful! Herbst just makes me want to grab my camera, so breathtaking! Reader challenge...what have you got? ...

After calling the rental company to extend our stay one and then two days, we finally tore ourselves away from Amsterdam. We had a fairly long road trip to Berlin and started sharing some random thoughts about our trip so far. Here's our list in no particular order. *We didn't see pretzels in the stores in Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium or The Netherlands. No pretzels, but potato chips in every meat flavor imaginable and ketchup and pickle flavors, but I think...