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    Berlin grows on me…

    But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know so well – I’ve got you under my skin? Last week we went to Berlin to check out the apartment and the area we will be living in. It was basically to test whether it was crazy to pick up and move to Germany to eat sausages all day without a job, or whether we should be begging our bosses to keep us on. Luckily — Berlin felt right. It was such a lovely holiday. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I felt so completely relaxed. There were sunny morning balcony breakfasts, walks in the park and dancing…

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    Berlin – “arm aber sexy*”

    These boots were made for walking – and that’s just what they’ll do… So I finish my job in exactly one month. And the day after that I turn 30. And then I’m going to move to Berlin. With my boyfriend. But without a job. And without even an idea of how to find a job in Germany. But with lots of anticipation and hope that the place that its governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit in 2004 thought of as “arm aber sexy*” is going to live up to my great expectations. We got back from a tester week in Berlin yesterday. The apartment was fab, the people were great and the…