Aack! Two weeks have passed without a blog posting from the Zetzsches. Surely you’re about to send out a search party?! Jost tells me that the problem with blogs is that people begin to take themselves too seriously, so let me reassure you that I know you’re probably okay with not hearing from us for awhile!
We’re doing well, and today’s post is to tell you that we’ve just come through a nice time of playing host to many people we love! Beginning back in August, just a week after we arrived, we’ve been happily welcoming family and friends in our home here in Berlin.
Jost’s brother Holger visited us for several hot days in August. He was the first to try out the “guest futon” and navigate the adventurous bathroom—and survive! We went on a wonderful boat cruise from Spandau to Potsdam, played in the park near our house, and did lots of fun, touristy things.
Jost’s father Hans-Georg and his wife Annerose were here in early September for a week. Wonderful things happened in our kitchen (Annerose’s a great cook!) and to our apartment (Opa knows his way around a toolbox!) while they were here.
The kids with Annerose
Near the end of September we had double company when Jost’s mother Heidi and my parents Donna and Jerome came to visit at the same time. We celebrated Hannes’s birthday, checked out the Berlin shopping, visited Queen Nefertiti in the Egyptian museum, made Mom's signature Swiss Chäsbrattel, and had a great time together.
Here's a picture Dad took of the beautiful Nefertiti.
Then, to top it all off, our cousin Hannah from Bonn came for five days at the end of September. It felt like the family was complete with our “fourth child” back at the table again. She visited school with Hannes, poked around Berlin with us, cheered on the world-record-setting Berlin Marathon, and went to a contemporary art exhibit and a professional Alba-Berlin basketball game. [Hannah, where are those photos?]
After Jost’s quick trip to a conference in Warsaw, Poland, life has now returned to normal again, though friends from Eckernförde have just called to say they’re coming next week. If you’re thinking of coming, too, do book early—rooms are going fast!
