Today I am very excited because some of my friends from the UK arrive for a visit! One of the hard parts of living in a different country is missing your friends back home. My friends are called Serena (from Italy) and Amy (from Wales). They both love Berlin so they are very happy to come here – this is another very good thing about living in Berlin, people always want to come and visit you! In the 6/7 months that I’ve lived here, I think each month I have had a visitor of some sort.

Here are my friends – this is what they do to relax! Amy is carving a pumpkin :)

I’m now planning activities for my visitors – I want them to get an authentic taste of Berlin and see how much is on offer! My plan is to take them to some of my favourite places to eat, both restaurants and take-aways, and to some of my favourite bars and to some museums. This weekend there seem to be a number of performance/cabaret nights in Berlin, so we will go to see some of these as well. I also insist that we drink Roetkappchen (Sekt), which is a very popular drink in Berlin, very expensive in the UK but very cheap here! As I live in Kreuzberg I am very fortunate because most of my favourite bars and places to eat are right on my door step! There is a cafe just up the road from me that does amazing fruestuck, a great sushi restaurant in Kottbusser Tor, a great place for falafel in Schoenleinstr and a great bar in Neukoelln. I feel very lucky to live here!

In terms of the online Deutsch Kurses, as I have no internet at home I haven’t had the opportunity to use these much yet. But I do recommend looking on the internet if you are having trouble doing your Hausaufgabe, or simply want to practise :)