Trying to have a spring outing...

Well, the crocuses are blooming everywhere in grassy areas where no one walks, best on the medians in the center of the avenues, a riot of white yellow and vivid violet, so yesterday we decided to head to the southern rim of the city to a little "mountain" (big hill) called "Dörferblick" (Villages View). In this absolutely flat area, this rise must have been created from the rubble in the city carted there (as is the case of many such "mountains" in Berlin) after WWII as rebuilding began. There is nothing higher anywhere, and some sort of nature has reclaimed this hill, scraggy trees and bushes, just now beginning to bud out some. From up there you can see the "villages" all around this southern outcropping of Berlin, including the one with the airport Schönefeld. But it's all a bit to flat and barren to offer much in the way of beauty. Nonetheless, we had a nice long afternoon out in relatively mild, if extremely windy, weather. And from here on in, it should be getting better.

And now for the slide show evidence...