Our new location means new daily commutes- commutes that have now finally become routine. Every morning L and B rush off to make the sbahn and then F and I venture out a luxurious 20 minutes later. I walk her to the bus stop, see her off and then return to the apartment to begin my day. I tidy, and grocery shop and work and before I know it it's time to head out to pick up B from school. F takes the bus herself and rings the bell when she gets home.
It's really amazing how independent F has become. Not only does she get herself to and from school, but she now often heads to dance on her own. We got her a phone for Christmas which makes this all the more possible. I wouldn't want her wandering the city without a way to communicate with us. And she does. If her trip involves multiple forms of transportation she checks in along the way letting me know she's exited a bus and gotten on a tram etc. etc. And she has already needed the phone as snow in Berlin seems to cause major delays and I've had to reroute her a few times after a bus failed to show up. B doesn't have a phone, so although there are German kiddos his age and younger traveling to and from school from longer distances alone, he still gets an escort. I enjoy the sbahn ride as there is always something to see.
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