Nine Feet Underground

First post of 2024 - Happy New Year! Q and I saw the new year in with M and A in Berlin, having flown there on New Year's Eve evening.    We spent the week in Berlin, the first part at M and A's house near Gatow, then the remainder at a hotel in Central Berlin for Q's birthday.  We crammed a lot into the week, including a New Year's Day sausage party (!?!) with some of M and A's neighbours.  It was really cool to participate in typical German every day life.  Certainly not the wurst way to start the year. As for NYE, Berliners really love their fireworks. Weapons grade, I would guess.  There was literally a continual barrage for several hours, way past midnight.  Apparently people get fireworks from Poland and then combine them to make even more powerful explosions.  As you might expect serious injuries are not uncommon with people blowing their heads off. Crazy.  Given what Berlin has endured in the past it seems odd. Other highlights includ...

A much more chilled start to Boxing Day, though there's still a shit-ton of stuff to do I'm taking it easy with a coffee and a croissant with marmalade, heated up by son #3.  Based on his info on the time his bros went to bed, I've revised my dinner plans to eat later. Once cooking and lunch preparations are underway, with the help of everyone, I find that there's enough turkey left for another two meals, so it looks like will be having a pie tomorrow, followed by a curry on Tuesday.  Dinner was great, though very filling, especially with the addition of a dessert today, but I managed to eat it all.  Pfig!  I am gradually watching Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary on Disney+, over 8 hours split into three parts.  The film quality is incredible and it is an amazing insight into the band's compositional methods and, not only that, their friendship and ease of working together.  Despite not being a huge Beatles fan, this documentary has been fascinating, so ...