After seven months of only seeing each other via weekly Skype calls, I finally got to see my parents in person – in Berlin! They were here for ten days, and we had such a blast showing them the city that Josh and I now call home. Between arriving at Tegel on the 10th and taking a train to Amsterdam on the 20th, I think they saw just about every major site in Berlin, including some that we haven’t even been to yet ourselves! We took them to Potsdam to see Sanssouci and Schloss Cecilienhof (lunch at the Meierei near Cecilienhof was awesome!); Dad really enjoyed seeing the Chinese Tea House that played host to Josh’s air tea photo on our honeymoon. We went to the Winterfeldtmarkt in Schöneberg, visited the Botanischer Garten (Rebers can’t go to a city without seeing the garden), and spent almost a whole day wandering in and out of the shops, Markthalle, and cafes on Bergmannstraße. I was even able to direct mom to a wool shop and dad to a wine shop across the street from each other near our old sublet: a confluence of perfection for each of them, I think! I was truly delighted when mom told me, “I can see why you like it so much here, and I think we’ll have to come back!” Mission to get parents to fall in love with Deutschland: accomplished.

**Quick note from Josh: You’ve probably noticed that the site looks a bit different. I took some time a few months ago to do a bit of redesign and overhaul of the code. You should notice things load a bit faster and cleaner, plus we love the thumbnails as stamps and the infinite scrolling (scroll down on the main page and try it!). Enjoy!**