The big news? I'm out of temporary housing! No more Ingelheim! No more boredom! No more bed-which-was-clearly-inspired-by-12th-century-Carthusian-monks. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am now safely ensconced in my lovely apartment in the West End of Frankfurt... and I have my American bed back!!!
The movers from the relocation company came on Friday, and it took them about 3 hours to bring everything in and get it unboxed and set up. I then spent the weekend unpacking and getting organized. I have 8 bags of clothing and other assorted things to go to the German version of the Goodwill - assuming I can find it. (Apparently there are big bins around the city that say "Alt-Kleidercontainer" where people drop off used clothing for charity)
This is where the used clothes go |
Despite my lack of furniture, I love, love, love my new apartment. I'll put photos up once it is all decorated. This is probably the nicest place I've ever lived in my whole life. The ceilings are so high and the light is amazing. The building is extremely well built and I don't hear my neighbors. At all. I know one of them has a small baby (I saw him outside) but I don't hear a peep. It's AMAZING - especially after the paper-thin walls in my old place in the U.S.
This morning, I had my refrigerator (Kuehlschrank - literally cooling cabinet) and washing machine (Waschmaschine - I'll let you figure that one out for yourself) delivered. Apparently everything here is delivered by a company called Hermes. My Hermes delivery men were two very cute guys in their mid-20s, who despite looking like cyclists or runners, were very very stark (strong - also, side note: wonder if this is where George RR Martin got the name for House of Stark?). We had a funny moment where one of the guys was trying to tell me not to plug the refrigerator in for "acht uhr" (8 hours) - but I thought he meant to plug it in and wait 8 hours for it to get cool. I was in the process of putting the plugger in the socket when the other delivery guy came running in, shouting "Nein! Nein!" and something about gas. Turns out that because the refrigerator was moved around alot in the delivery, it needs time for the gas (I think they meant freon) to settle before using. I'm sure glad we got that cleared up because if a blockage had occurred it could ruin the refrigerator and that would not be covered under my warranty.
This is my waschmaschine. Super efficient and very clever sizing. And yes, it goes in the bathroom. |
So many questions. What are Exotic Fruits? What variation of mousse? What is Licor 43? and WTF is Pyjama?!! |
This guy. Classy all day. And check out the flip flops. And no, that's not my wine :( |
Because what goes better with a delicious meal than cigarettes?! |
I'm off traveling again for work this week - hitting London just in time for the tube strike. I love Europe but enough already with the striking! Or at least balance out the striking with free deodorant for all taxi drivers.
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