I woke up today to the sweet sound of the doorbell ringing and expected to sign a package for my neighbors or some other Saturday morning bullshit, but instead the postman gave me a package from my Rematch Santa! It came from Berlin, Germany.

I always ask my gifters to include something from their hometown or region and N. wrote me in a very nice letter that she tried not to send me the usual tourist garbage while still sending something typical of Berlin. Well, you succeeded big time :D She also apologized for sending the gift so late, which is ridiculous, of course. I am so happy I got anything at all and it's not even that late.

In the box I found a book with fotos of signs that people posted all over Berlin called "Heute geschlossen wegen gestern" (Closed today because of yesterday). I skimmed through it and it's hilarious. If you understand German, I highly recommend it. There also was a little box with a picture of the Brandenburger Tor and nougat from Thüringen inside. I tried not to eat all of them, but the ones I had were delicious (ok, I ate all of them).

I had a lot of fun going through my new notepad decorated with street art from Berlin. Each page has a different picture on it and some are really thoughtful while others are just really funny :)

N. also included three colorful glasses of honey from Berlin (I got semi-obsessed with the idea of stereotypically snotty Berliner bees, sitting in the BVG in the morning, chatting on their way to work. I had a good laugh).

And now for my favorite part (even though it's hard to pick favorites): On top of all this, N. also donated to Doctors Without Borders on my behalf, how cool is that <3 I am sooo going to heaven for this.

Thank you for everything, N., you certainly made my week with these thoughtful gifts!