Well, the weather has been just wonderful so far (except for those first 5 days when it was hot). Since then, it's been in the 70s and only rained on 2 days. gotta love that global warming! The long range forecast is for rain on Friday, the day we arrive in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but then back to sunny and in the 70s.

Yesterday we went to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. They keep adding more 'interactive' exhibits and cleaning it up and sanitizing it until it's not really as powerful as it used to be. But I think the kids still get something out of it even if not the emotional impact.

Afterwards, everyone went there one way and Erin wanted to go to Potsdamer Platz, but when we got there and come above ground, she looked around and said, "Where's the Gedächtnis Kirche?" So went got back on the underground and went to Zoologischer Garten Bhf. Walked around there a bit, then trained to Schönhauser Allee and walked a bit looking for a DVD Secondhand Laden and then trained and street-car-ed to Alexander Platz. Had some ice cream; walked around a huge Secondhand store and then to Saturn where I found Shrek 1 and Over the Hedge for my classroom. lots of walking, but we had time.

today the kids play soccer, Germs vs Amis. Last time the game was tied and the Germans won in the 11 m shorts at the end. We'll see how it goes today.

tomorrow (Thursday) evening we leave for Garmisch-Partenkirchen (in the south of Germany) and I probably won't be online again until we get back late Tuesday.

hope all is going well there.