Wednesday, May 24, 2006

And Finally Father Sun Came Out....



The sun finally came out today and stayed long enough to keep the rain away. We celebrated by putting the kids in the stroller, croissants in hand and heading out to run around the Alster (which is only about 200m from our apartment).

After a nice hot shower, it was sunny but boy was it windy and chilly, we headed out for some "kid-friendly" coffee. I was warned before moving here that restaurants and cafes are not keen on having kids about, so far we have not had any problem, still I thought I would check-out what Hamburgers consider kid friendly.

We took a nice 30 minute walk from our place to De Nino Kids and Coffee (www.kidsandcoffee.de) where we were greeted by a parking lot of strollers. Inside, the space was small but cozy. The owner was very friendly and food definetely kid friendly. A major perk was all the moms seemed to be relaxing and having their coffee while the kids played. Unfortunately for me, most of the kids were under 1yr so prime targets for Jonas to pick on, I call it younger brother syndrome. I needn't have worried, Jonas was a little aggressive when we first arrived but within 2 minutes he was so excited to see other kids, he forgot his turf war and played nicely with Sasha and the one other older boy, the owner's son. An hour flew by, we walked back along the canal to a bus stop, and made our way home. The great thing about the public transport is, the kids are so excited to ride the bus or U-Bahn, there is no whining!!!! Hurray!!!!

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