First visitors!

Dan's brother Rob, his fiance Yoshi & their friend Brandon arrived last night. We went out to the brauhaus on the Schloss for a late dinner and birthday presents for Emery. All went well with the exception of Yoshi's tipping on the bill. There's 19% service included on all food and beverage...we forgot to tell Yoshi...

Today was our first day out as tourists since we've arrived. The crew was not so interested in museums which meant that we covered more of the city and the kids stayed mostly positive for the day. For the first time in history the overly-long walk was my fault as we followed the remaining Wall along the East Side Gallery to Dan's favorite restaurant, Zum Kleine Markthalle which is near the path of the Wall. We had heard the they are famous for their chicken, but Dan said the Berliner Boutlette and Curry Wurst were excellent. Will be taking my mom there for sure! Kids enjoyed the climbing rocks and whatnot in the adjacent park.

Got a phone call while on the train that I think was from the Nelson Mandela Schule. Need to call them back tomorrow and am really hoping that they are going to say that Emery has gotten in and needs to start tomorrow. We won't be able to get Greta into a Kita for several weeks. We need to register our address with the police first, and get our work permit through the government, and apply to the government agency for kitas before she can enroll. As they are all on strike at the moment, not so much is happening on that front. We have an appointment for the first registration last week. Let's hope they are done with the striking by then.

Tomorrow will be more tourist time before the crew heads off to Prague. Greta will probably loose it in a big way. She's really enjoyed Rob and Yoshi being here. Who knew my girl was going to be so ready to hang out with anyone other than me??? Need to get these kids into school soon! Friday is going to be a major letdown for them.

Hoping to get internet again soon!