Starting a New Year without Rules

Hey remember when we went to Berlin for New Years?  I honestly wasn't expecting much since a lot of old Berlin was destroyed in the War.  I was pleasantly surprised.

The Berliner Dom was by far the most beautiful building I've seen in Europe so far.

 The Dom, apparently there's an observatory up there but it was closed.

Underneath the Cathedral was a crypt with over 80 sarcophagi of Prussian Royals, it was pretty creepy.

The Back side

 Daddy and Harlow with Dom in the background.

I love Jason's smile in this picture.

Jason and I were able to run through the Pergamon Museum while Harlow was taking a nap in her stroller.  I'm so glad we did because their exhibits were pretty awesome.
Especially the Pergamon Altar

and the Market Gate to Miletus

Both from Turkey
Oh and the Gateway to Babylon was cool.

Here's a family photo at the Brandenburg Gate

The Jewish Monument makes a massive impact when you see it in person, it hurt my heart, such a powerful reminder of all the lives taken.

A piece of the Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie the point between East and West Berlin.

New Years Eve was pretty crazy, Berlin doesn't have any firework laws and they sell giant big ones like you'd see at Disneyland on the streets.  Needless to say the sky was filled with them and so were our ears.  I was really proud of Harlow for being so brave, she handled it very well.

We spent the night lighting our own fireworks and watching other right over the Dom, it was magical!

Harlow's first New Years Kiss

A couple more days and we'll be home again!!

xoxox

Berlin, Berlin, Berlin!!

Berlin you stole my heart!! When we arrived there was so much snow falling from the sky it felt like we just stepped into a snow globe.  Seriously beautiful white fluffy blankets of snow everywhere.
We checked in to our awesome hotel and headed straight for nearest Christmas market across the street.

This market blew away the ones we saw in Vienna, sadly it was the only market still open after Christmas so who knows how amazing all the other ones were.

Every booth felt more like a real store then just a wooden hut. Some you could actually walk into.

Check out the snow!

This market was also in front of city hall.

We found a little bar inside one of the huts with champagne for $4!!
They had sparkly chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, I was in heaven sipping away while watching the snow fall.  Speaking of heaven there were two ladies dressed as angels with big wings walking around on stilts.  They sprinkled glitter on little Harlow's head and gave us all German fortunes for the new year.  Mine was the word "Life" which was fitting since I've been having a bit of trouble in that department, maybe this year we'll finally have another healthy baby?

It was the perfect way to start off the second half of our vacation and pretend like we didn't experience one of Harlow's massive tantrums on the bus ride in earlier ;)  seriously this one topped them all!

You can't really see how much its snowing in the pictures so take a look at this clip, but you might get a little dizzy, sorry.