Nature

One of the best things about living in Bremen is that it is so green.  Not just politically and in terms of recycling and things but literally.  Wherever you are in the city you are never far from somewhere natural and relaxing.  At my old flat it was the Werder lake and for Nico it was a lake just over the main road.  Even in the city centre you have the green parks where the city wall used to be and Burger Park.

Huchting, where we live now, seems to be the greenest place yet though.  On our very first journey here to view the flat, we noticed immediately the sense of being out of the city and into the green with the allotments, lakes, trees,...  However, since moving we've seen it more and more every day.  We took a walk in our first week here and were in a park in about one minute flat.  There's a water channel right by our building so we are often woken by ducks.  Having the top floor also makes us more at one with nature.  When we've been sat on the balcony, we've noticed it's not just wasps that fly this high, birds, butterflies, even dragonflies are all around here.

This week that border between city and green has been all the more important.  I really get a sense of gearing up for work on a morning and winding down on my way home because of the cycle route - lovely!