Brendon and I have spent the past week working on his VW van. We eventually parked the van at the Kopernicker-Hof so that we could leave it in pieces overnight. The days have been filled with numerous trips to a nearby Hornbach hardware store, lots of grinding, drilling and sawing, but we finally got the second battery, charger and various wires installed under the driver seat. That project now seems complete. It is worth noting that as the week progressed a heat wave descended on Berlin and most of our work on the VW has been done in the blazing sun with temperatures in the high 90's ° F.

Now grinding, drilling, and cutting are not really Nina's cup of tea. So the week has been a bit tedious for her. She has done a little sight-seeing around Berlin while we guys worked. From what she has told me the Tierpark was probably the highlight. The name means "animal park" and we would probably call it a zoo. It is not the official Berlin zoo but seems like it is more interesting than the official one.

She (Nina) also took a visit to the obligatory monuments in Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate, and memorials to the Jews, Gypsis and Homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis.