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Le Petit Chef

Our Menu

Le Petit Chef had been on our to do list for some time. I had originally booked for our anniversary date night in November 2021, but Teo contracted COVID so we needed to postpone. Fast forward to 2022 and we decided to change our date event into a pre-birthday celebration for our two Aries in the house — Teo and Chika. I think it was even more enjoyable as a family experience, and the entertainment gave Chika and me more time to relax and enjoy the 5 course meal (along with a bottle of champagne and a bottle of red wine). Rather than describe the event, I will let the pictures and video (photo credits go to Chika) speak for themselves. If you want to learn more about it, you can click here.

A day in Pfaueninsel

At Chika’s suggestion, we decided to do a little exploring outside the city limits to the lake areas around Berlin to Pfaueninsel, or Peacock Island. We enjoyed a great picnic, with some lovely peacocks joining us, but the rain cut our trip short. I guess we will have to return again.

Indian Summer in Berlin

It’s a bit sad to see that my last post was all the way back in August (what happened to September).  I even have an iPhone now, so it’s pretty poor track record which I will need to fix.  In the meantime, we have the exciting news of our new nephew/cousin William Logan Wolfson, whom I am hoping to see (and post about) soon.

But back to our story, it was a “million dollar day” (as WW#1 used to say) here in Berlin, so we needed to take advantage.  While we had originally planned a short roadtrip to the west lakes of Wansee, we hit a snag at our favorite bagel place (Fine Bagel) as all the sweet bagels were still in the oven.  We decided that there were plenty of lakes around close by, but not so many good bagels and thus camped at a local playground for the next 30 minutes until our goods were ready.  Now fully prepared for our picnic, we headed to Treptow Park and Berlin Inslet (a small island in the middle of the river, accessible by a bridge).  We enjoyed a nice picnic (with a few too many end of season bees) with our fresh bagels, and then decided on a paddleboat adventure on the spree.  We were not sure how Teo would last, but he managed to stay inside the boat thanks to Chika’s watchful supervision.

Next time, maybe we will go for the motorboat 🙂

Teo is 1!!!

Teo has become such a part of our daily lives that the concept of time before Teo is a bit of a blur (that might be because with the 2 boys we have been mentally and phyically pushed into a completely different zone, or just that we can’t relate to time without our lovely brothers).  While the party may have been on the smaller side, it was certainly sweet.  Great food and drink and a very special present for Teo (and his brother Kai it seems) from Grandma and Pop Pop.  Arigato!

Hanami in Berlin

You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect early spring Sunday.  The morning was a bit crisp, but the afternoon was perfect for enjoying the sun without being baked.  A Japanese friend had organized a Hanami (flower blooming) party and we had a fantastic picnic under the cherry blossom trees.  It was paradise.