Do the mower dance!
Today was going to be a PACKED day. In the morning, after making sure that my wrist still worked properly (it did, yay!!!) we headed over to Ilkas place, watering the garden and doing a little bit of maintenance while we were there…. Like mowing the lawn and eating blackberries.
From there we headed straight to a farewell party of one of Manjas friends, who’s going on a world trip with indeterminate end. The party was a picnic at the Tempelhofer Feld. It’s basically an old airport which was opened up to the public as a park, where one can do all sorts of things – play sports, BBQ, etc. etc. We arrived a touch early – just early enough to have a quick burger at the food-truck like establishment, near the entrance we used, and to refuel with coffee.
We got a bit lost on the field (in my defence, it’s massive!) but eventually found the group. I met a bunch of Manjas friends and colleagues, and someone had brought juggling balls. Only one thing for it: Find the other juggler in the group and try and do tricks together. I had a ball (pun intended) with Felix for almost an hour before we decided we should probably try and interact with other people too.
A whole bunch of chats and laughs followed, and I even got to meet Adam from Melbourne who had moved to Berlin a few years ago. Before too long it was already time to say our farewells as we had to head off to our next engagement.
Tonight we were invited to Gaby’s place for a BBQ dinner. We got there around 7, and were welcomed by Gaby, Matthias, Robert and Gabys dad. We spent the whole night talking – covering everything from politics to what life is like in different parts of the world and how much garlic one should add to food (almost always more, say Manja and I). It was a really fantastic night, and Gaby was also able to tell many of the family stories which I’d heard before from a slightly different perspective, which was fascinating. We reluctantly accepted that midnight was late enough for us to leave, but would have loved to stay and chat all night. Unfortunately we only really took photos of the fire… Guess we’ll have to come back to take more photos soon!
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