tomatens

Look at the enormous tomato that Triffid grew! It's almost 6 feet tall and it has about 20 green tomatoes on it. We have some mozzarella and basil in reserve for when they are all ripe and we have to eat caprese salads for a week solid.

The kitty says to tell you all, "purr."

It is starting to be fall here because we are at 52 degrees north. I had no idea we were so far north. That's like Edmonton Alberta! I am going out tomorrow to buy a coat.

I finally got a bike! I ride to work now when it doesn't rain. The train takes 30 minutes but if I try I can get there in 20 minutes with the bike. If I don't get lost. Then it's more like an hour. Here is a picture from when I was riding around the other day:

Berlin is full of cranes. There was tonnes (metric, of course) of money pouring in to the east after reunification. It still hasn't totally worked its way through. They are still building like crazy, and knocking down some old buildings. This is an old brewery that used to make beer in the city. Now the operation moved out of the city and the building is in the process of being turned into condos.