Wochenend und Sonnenschein
Frühling. The Spring. It's here in Berlin as well the Spring as a 'Sipario', a stage curtain opening over Berlin to show this Stadt's best face. Wochenend und Sonnenschein...and by Wasserturm and Prenzlauerberger bars I spend my time.
And the music of Max Raabe is the soundtrack of now.

A Basic Speaker. German Lessons are continuing, and music helps me a lot. I recently passed another test, classified A 1.2 in the Common European Framework: I can ask others questions about themselves (about their background, their family, how they spend their free time, their daily routine and so on) and answer questions like these. I have had about 75 hours of German language tuition and have a vocabulary of about 500 words.

My parents came in Berlin to visit us at the end of March

Recent listenings here in Berlin Prenzlauerberg: Chopin and Max Raabe

Venus
All the time, when I think at Regine, I know I was blessed. In 2003, before we met, I was probably singing Venus...and Venus was probably listening.

Venus, if you will Please send a little girl for me to thrill A girl who wants my kisses and my arms A girl with all the charms of you
Venus, make her fair A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair And take the brightest stars up in the skies And place them in her eyes for me
Venus, if you do I promise that I always will be true I'll give her all the love I have to give As long as we both shall live

Most wanted U-Bahn stations:

March has just begun here in Berlin.
I am everyday surprised and fascinated by the efficience of the German system and by how life can be easier; exiting is this city and exiting is becoming this experience as 'power' slowly arises. My German is gradually improving, and work/life balance (with its new office and colleagues) looks better from this first weeks perspective.
And the Sun, who's really being hiding in the previous months, begins to show his face again in the streets of Berlin; still too shy, a bit pale sometimes, but here he is back again. And Berlin appears ready to show its best side shortly.

Recent readings: A Space Odissey saga (2001, 2010, 2061, 3001) by Arthur C. Clarke. The original idea is fantastic. But it loses the 'verve' along the way and the sequels to 2001 are not worth the money and time. Asimov remains unreachable.
But all this happenings, readings, space-day-dreamings, Einstein's relativity understanding attempts of mine...are maybe lighting a new idea of God inside of me, closer than ever to an 'Old One' idea (to be continued...).

Exploration starts from Prenzlauerberg
Post Gravity low pressure tricks do not permit a speed of light for us, while inside us the willingness of living at 100% our new city would push us both far ahead. But it is maybe enough fort the moment, and my senses are slowly rising .
And so exploration starts from Prenzlauerberg, where our place stands now, where our kokomo is.
On my facebook page I am updating links with the places we are bringing inside our best memories, most of them cafes, restaurants, squares, streets. Must say that Hilde is probably the place we´ll more then others remember of this period: a place where I can spend part of my evenings reading my Space Odissey books and waiting for Regine to reach me.
Regine... She is more wonderful then ever in this moments of needs.

And from February 1st, I feel I can finally shout... ICH BIN EIN BERLINER!!!
Berlin is and will be my new place for the present and upcoming future.
This milestone of my life. This wish I have worked hard for, going beyond so many hurdles. This goal, achieved and among the mains of my whole life.
A new scenario spreads itself in front of me. A new perspective generates from a new perception of the whole thing, and it is not necessarly clear. A new path awaits me, just in front of me, and it has not necessarly a dimension.
Beside me, holding my hand, the wonderful Regine. Mein sockel my family and friends.

A thought, a deep intense and thankful thought, goes to the city that has embraced me for 10 years: the beautiful, magnificent Rome. Roma Eterna! Rome in my heart, Rome that I will forever dream. Rome and those beautiful years.

And as Gravity gradually disappeared, my feet could finally leave the ground.
And I finally flew back, on the 1st of January.
Back to Berlin.
Back to our apartment in Prenzlauer Berg.
Back to my Regine.
With a new perception of the 'whole thing'.
With a great will to embrace life.

And with an immense sense of gratitude and admiration for my parents, Anna and Ugo, the Heroes of my 2010.