Has it been 9 months???

It's amazing how quickly time flies! Marisa has already spent more time outside the womb than inside. And from the way she observes her older sister, we can tell that she can't wait to grow up.

Daddy's soccer girl!

There are many places in the little town of Rostock where we can just sit out and enjoy the sun (and a kebab!). This video was shot in May in one of these nice parks.

Minori making daddy very proud!

Apartment tour: bathroom

It's huge and we do everything in it - shower, bathe, toilet, laundry and hang our clothes out to dry. Yes, I was also surprised to learn that in Rostock people don't use a dryer, considering that it's usually rainy. They love hanging their clothes out in the garden in spring, summer and whenever they can, according to my landlady, because the clothes smell very nice this way.

We live on the 3rd floor and there's no way I'm able to lug our laundry up and down three flights of stairs with the two little ones several times a week so we have a little portable hanger for our clothes in our bathroom. We live in the "penthouse" (hahaha!) so there's a huge window in our bathroom ceiling that brings in a lot of fresh air and sunlight. I absolutely love this bathroom!





We used to have to try all sorts of tactics to get Minori to take her bath every evening. Since moving here, she jumps at the opportunity to dip in the long bath with her little sister.

Nothing much has changed for Marisa in this regard. She has always loved her baths, and she still does!

View from our window

Timmy and Linda, our landlord's children playing in the garden.



A couple of times a week, hot-air balloons carrying advertisement fly over the apartment.


I think this photo was taken slightly before 10pm (yes, these days we're still wearing our sunglasses after 8pm!). The sky at sunset looks different every day from our apartment. Sometimes it's very blue and purple, yesterday we had streaks of pink. A favorite past-time now is to just sit on our couch and watch the sky.