Clint and I are moving at lightning speed.
Our "sponsors" Joel and Maria (who just happen to also be friends from Colorado Springs) have been amazing these past few days. They picked us up from the airport, drove us to our temporary German apartment and even cooked us a welcoming spaghetti dinner. Joel set up Clint's in-processing schedule that started yesterday and Maria has been nice enough to show me around town during the day. I should also mention that Maria is from Germany. We are constantly asking her (and Joel and her son) how to say things in German since we are bound and determined to wow the pants off all you Americans. :)
Clint got his driver's license today which means we can go find our first vehicle soon. With the small parking spaces, expensive gas and freakishly narrow roads, the locals drive very "efficient" cars. I believe Clint and I will follow in their footsteps since we are learning quickly that Germans tend to be pretty darn smart! We are also going to TKS tomorrow (a third party vendor for T-Mobile) to get our new cell phones. These phones will allow us to text and call within Germany, but are not the best idea for calling back to the states. Not to worry though, landlines/home phones are common here and we plan to follow the Germans on that as well.
OH, and… we found a house!!! If everything goes well with the housing office, we will be moving in February 1st! It's in a neat little village called Hohenecken (pronounced HOnekin, not HoNEkin). The landlord's son is an architect and this is his first "designer house" so to speak. It is brand new, outfitted with IKEA appliances/walls/everything and has a fantastic view of a church and castle from our living room. It has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath and another bedroom/storage room. I will put up pictures very soon.
We also had our first official German meal last night at Burgschänke (pictured below), the restaurant/hotel near the house we found. It was delicious and I promise to take all visitors there. (Incentive!Incentive!)
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| The American Website: http://www.burgschaenke-kl.de/ |
Tschüss!
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