Easter week in Berlin

I went running this morning and I looked up at the trees and all of the sudden there were leaves!  It was like they came out overnight!  Its been a warm sunny week and Rich and Tim are here.  Bec arrives this AM. Goodies have been arriving from home.  All is good!

Cal with an Easter Goodie from Ace, Janet and Emma

 Yesterday we high tailed it to Munster, not the Munster as in the cheese and with the umlaut, but the Munster as in the tiny town that has the Panzer Museum and is 3 1/2 hours away when I really wanted it to be 2 1/2 hours away.  We rented a car, got a GPS named Lilly?  Lisa?  Lina? I can't remember. And she shuttled us to Munster, NOT THE CHEESE.  I still don't really think that she showed us the most direct route.  I've never used a GPS before and the jury is still out.  It can tell you how fast you are going but it should really tell you where the speed cameras are. Hmmm. Thanks a lot Lilly, Lisa, whatever. I saw the flash.  I guess I'll find out what the fine for Germany is.  In France it's 20 euros.  I've already found that out.
The Panzer museum was awesome. Huge tanks.  Huge.  And they put the shells that they fire right next to the tank so you can see how big they are.  Timmy was in heaven.  He was our Panzer docent, telling us the caliber of the Panther vs. the Tiger Panzer shells, how many of each they made, how fast they could go etc.  We still don't know what a self-propelled gun is vs. a regular gun, however.  Anyone??  Here is a pic of the boys in front of a Sherman Tank - the kind Col. J.A. Thompson commanded in Italy. He's a tall man.  I can't imagine that riding around in that tank with 4 other guys was all that comfortable for him.

The day before we went to the TV tower in Alexanderplatz.  The day before we celebrated Timmy's arrival with Angry Chicken and some Science Museum.  More to explore with Bec today!!