When we returned from Föhr we checked out a couple of more houses which Manja had found during our holiday, again, not finding much of what we liked.
On the first weekend we got invited to Gabys family boat-tour. She arranges a family trip with her father and sister each year, and this time we were invited to come along. She had arranged a river-cruise with lunch, stopping by the Brandenburg Prussian museum, a private museum which shows the history of the Prussian empire. It was a super interesting tour and we really enjoyed the food and company.
That Sunday I finally had some time to chat with Glen – a conversation which was way overdue. I’m noticing more and more that I’m pretty terrible at keeping in touch with everyone… Sorry! 😣
That afternoon we headed out to check out another place, which wasn’t that impressive. Amongst other things, it had a mancave style garage which water ran into when it rained… During the next week we also went shopping one afternoon, trying to find a suitable summer jacket. We found nothing, though there was a white leather jacked which just made me look funny….
The following weekend was excellent weather, so we made full use of it. We checked out a place in a town called Lehnitz and walked around the local lake for a bit while I was chatting to Niko, before heading to Ilkas garden to help her shredder some things and have dinner together. On Sunday we finally headed to Freyas place, to catch up and have some coffee and cake in her garden.
Monday night we checked out another place in Lehnitz, both because we thought the area was nice and because Manja had found a few options. The place was a dump though – someone had tried to renovate it but failed horrendously. It would basically have to be torn down – or at least gutted and re-started. We decided to drown our sorrows in an excellent greek dinner at a place just down the road. The Ouzos helped, we just had to take some pictures to check whether they still seemed to be leaning slightly the next day 😉
Monday afternoon we decided to go for a walk through the Volkspark, even though it was a bit cloudy. As we were about to head back the clouds opened up with another downpour, and we got drenched to our underwear. Luckily we were not that far from home and could easily take a warm shower 15 minutes later!
By the 25th it was nice enough again, and we caught up with Anne and Jens in Cottbus. We had given them a voucher for a day on the spree for their wedding and today was the day to cash it in. We headed all over the place, from a small hand-made-things market to paddling through the canals to a really nice trash-and-treasure market. We also stopped for a traditional lunch and dinner together before we had to head off.
We had to part ways for the evening, as we had to head to Sophias hens night. She had no idea that the night was being organised and we were a part of the surprise – she was super happy to see us as we walked in on the wedding party in a bar. A few hours and drinks later, we caught the last express train back to Berlin.
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