Pet-Sitting 101

I have now settled into my apartment in Berlin where I am staying for the next week while I pet-sit a Springer Spaniel named George and a snobby Persian cat named Basil.

The apartment is great, although it is only 1 bedroom there is no lack of space by any means, and it has a great big kitchen that I can cook in!

It's in a really nice poncy area about a 15 min train ride into the centre of Berlin and walking distance to the city's forest & lakes at 'Grunewald'. 

My street

The animals are both little characters as George is super sweet while Basil always looks grumpy but sometimes let's me pat him. All in all I've done really well with this place.

 

Basil doing his best 'I couldn't care less' impression...

...he will sit where he wants when he wants

Sweet little Georgie

Yesterday I wanted to explore Grunewald for the 1st time with George and it looked like a nice day outside from the apartment windows as the sun was shining, so I still wore all my layers, but didn't bother with my beanie or scarf. 

 

George with his shoes on ready for an adventure

 It turned out there was actually a light wind outside and it was below zero so the wind felt like it was burning the bare skin on my face and I imagined that's what it must feel like to be in Antarctica. Plus George's shoes, as cute as they might be, kept falling off and I was worried I'd loose one so we turned back after only about 10minutes at the most.

Today on the other hand we left the apartment more prepared (and left George's little shoes at home) and it turned out to be a really nice day outside, still cold ofcourse, but not a drop of wind and the sun was shining, so we made it to Grunewald. Grunewald is doggie heaven particularly on Sundays, which happens to be today, and there were dogs of all kinds everywhere. We walked through the forest to the lake (Grunewaldsee) which was frozen except for right around the edges and it was all so beautiful to see. It was a crack-up looking at all the other dogs, some wore jackets, some had ribbons in their hair, while others just looked like normal dogs and they were all running free, greeting each other and playing with one another.

 

Cute :-)

Grunewaldsee

George all pooped out after our big adventure

The only downside to today is that I broke the coffee machine glass jug in the kitchen. I was eating my porridge out of it because I couldn't find a bowl (yes I know - that idea was never going to end well!) and it's so delicate that it cracked. I found another on Amazon I'm gonna have to buy to replace it that costs 17,95 Euros (about $28 Aussie), could've been worse, but still turned out to be the most expensive bowl of oats I've ever eaten...