I made a friend

I call him "Chester A. Arthur." He doesn't have quite the same mustache but he is considerably cuter.

We met him when we were out getting fruit at the farmers' market. Berlin is crawling with farmers' markets and produce stands. You can still do all your shopping by going to the different shops, to the baker, the butcher, the vegetable shop. You can of course also go to the supermarket, but the prices are higher (sometimes twice as much) and the quality is worse. Probably in the winter it will be a lot more convenient not to trudge around through the snow. We will see.