End of vacation, new chapter beginning.

Our vacation has ended officially. We left wonderful Berlin early Wednesday morning, after a (yet another) night filled with lightning, thunder and heavy rain. Packing up the last bits and pieces before hitching the trailer to the car, I found several flip flops that all had merrily sailed away in the nighttime rivers made by rain. The campsite itself was not much to talk about, except for the fact that we believe it must have been a former East German border control - right by the river. The guard tower has been turned into a laundry house, and the buildings on either side are bathrooms.

We've enjoyed Berlin, shopped too much and revisited our all-time favourite restaurant, Marsala, in Charlottenburg.

Luxembourg was an interesting  stop. We camped out in what locally is referred to Luxembourg's Switzerland, due to the mountainous terrain. Hasse, Natasja and I went for a run one morning, and after we had run 8k, Hasse wanted to run just a little bit more... unfortunately, he got lost and ended up running 21 k instead of the planned 12 - this up in the mountains and with no water. Almost as  if sent by God, a car stopped with an elderly couple who knew exactly where he was trying to get to, and they gave him water and drove him the rest of the way. I am quite thankful for these generous people - they may not be aware of it themselves, but to me, they were modern-day Samaritans!

Besides beautiful, Luxembourg was also expensive, so we didn't shop a thing. Nice country - but a bit out of our league.

Berlin is more our thing. Like mentioned in an earlier post, we love this city - we feel at home here. And it's been really nice to revisit places that we've spent a lot of time at. But now, a new time in our lives & our new home beckons. We've been on a long journey since July 11th, we've driven hundreds of kilometers, and we've looked forward to getting out of the trailer, into more private rooms and with proper closet space.

But even though our vacation has ended, our adventure has just begun. A new chapter is about to unfold, and in just a few more weeks, we'll hold the keys to our new home in our hands. How wonderful is that.