I have been traveling like a crazy person these last few weeks and I am exhausted. Today was only my second day in the office since the second-to-last week of June and last week's travel was particularly grueling. I was in London on Monday, Manchester on Tuesday, Berlin on Wednesday, Munich on Friday, and back to Boston on Saturday. I barely had time to do anything but work, sleep, read, and do a little plane knitting.
I did have a small amount of time to see the sights of Berlin. I find that I generally enjoy my time in Germany (much of my honeymoon was spent there) but Berlin just was not all that exciting. I am sure there are cool places to see and fun things to do, but I didn't find them. I think the most interesting thing about Berlin is its post-WWII history. Unfortunately, on a city bus tour, there isn't much of that to be seen. I did see the Brandenburg Gate, the remainder of the Berlin Wall, and Check Point Charley. I also found a little time to do some yarn shopping! Most major department stores have a yarn and fabric section (a fabulous idea department stores in the US should copy) and the yarn is very reasonably priced. I got a bunch of different yarn but I am not going to tell you what it is until I take a picture of it.
I finished my husband's socks (I think I mentioned this before) but it is too hot to get him to put them on so I can take a picture. Next post will contain pictures, I promise.
My husband and I took a couple of days to visit some of my family in Maine (all the way up on Green Lake, past Bangor). It was a lovely time.. full of sun, swimming, and an insane number of seriously itchy bug bites.
This is a picture of a little red squirrel that my husband took. It was cute to see him crawling all over the ground trying to get the perfect shot (my husband was crawling on the ground, not the squirrel).
The other good parts about Maine - Super fresh steamers and lobsters and local handspun merino/silk/angora blend yarn (yes, I am as bad at yarn dieting as I am at food dieting). I am using this soft and luscious yarn to knit up a triangle scarf with ties from a Fibertrends pattern.
Okay, off to pack for Houston tomorrow. Thankfully, after tomorrow's trip I am done with travel for a while.
Has anyone else finished the 6th Harry Potter yet? I read it twice last week, it was very sad. As much as I like the more grown up subject matter, I kind of miss the lighthearted Harry of books 1-4.
Cheers!
