Puddle Fun

Meierei

A favorite coffee place: tes Meierei. Because they have a nice terrace under the trees of Kollwitzstrasse, good coffee, good babyccinos, the people that work here are really, really nice, they have a tasty beef soup and last but not least: they have buttered bretzels 

Confiserie Orientale

Our oldest has started preschool, a very big step. Nobody understands her and she doesn’t understand anybody back. Luckily children are flexible, do not need words to play.

To make it a bit into a party we visit another terrace after school every day. Just these first weeks of course. Today we went by Confiserie Orientale, a Turkish tearoom with a showcase full of treats. She picks a chocolate cookie, me a mascarpone and pear cake. Wow! I’m not a pie person, but this is beyond delicious. Well done!

Tempelhof

After the bulky breakfast we drive up to Tempelhof , the old disused airport in the middle of Berlin. Lawns as far as the eye can see, crossed by airstrips. Girls running around as fast as they can. It is here where our oldest drives her bike for the first time without her training wheels. Very proud parents and grandparent watching her go go go

Special Day

I can’t believe they’re 2 already! Time flies with those little ones. Green Kitchens Layered pancake-cake for breakfast. Pancakes, bananas, maple syrup, raspberries, blueberries and whipped cream all layered up. A perfect start of this day

Shiso

Definitely a favorite place for both us as for the children. This has to do with their homemade fries. A special treat after a morning of playing. They really do have delicious hamburgers and what I like best: they have fantastic veggie burgers as well. Today we had their Toad burger, with a Portobello instead of meat

New favorite

Found a new recipe that will stick in my Green Kitchen cookbook. Lasagna without the actual lasagna. I have made the melanzane version with eggplant many times, but this one with zucchini is great as wel. A bit more work when first getting the water out of the veg with salt and then oven drying. Layers of tomato sauce, zucchini, boiled eggs, mozzarella, parmesan and fresh herbs. I wasn’t sure about the eggs, but it actually tastes very good. Best new thing about this one? The added fresh mint 

Water

Still steaming hot. We can’t do a thing about it, but trying to cool down. We go by Tiny Store, they understand what children need and have a whole bunch of filled up water balloons in front of their store. After done throwing we head over to Volkspark am Weinberg to play in their cold water fountain

Fountain

Hot hot hot. We need to cool cool down and wanted the girls to refresh in our favorite fountain in the middle of Volkspark Friedrichshain. Normally on hot days the fountain is packed with little kids, screaming and laughing. Today it’s empty and quiet, when we come nearby we see why. The water coming from the fountain is green, even the fountain can’t deal with the heat anymore