(Micah is supposed to be resting, but he is a poor rester. Instead, we took a short walk to the Markzplatz. 
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Micah's cold has called a halt from the frantic house/apartment search. We love our hotel, but living in 400 square feet has it's disadvantages. Here we present our kitchen (the frig is the right-hand side of the cabinet) and all of our living space. The loft upstairs holds another bed for us. Micah has a bed tucked under one of the windows upstairs as well.
This is a crazy housing market. It was tight a few months ago, then Uncle Sam relocated AfriCom (African Command) here and 4,000 employees just jumped on a full housing market. Apartments are here for one day and then gone.
It has started a whole debate within TeamFordham of just how picky we should be. We want: close to the school, close to the town center, playgrounds, space inside (including guest bedroom), space outside to park one car, European charm if we can fit it in.
If we can't get it all, what goes first? Or, since housing is tough, do you just take the first thing that comes so you can spend your time doing something other than house hunting?
The house hunting struggle is amplified by jargon. Intro to German doesn't cover rental language so we try to piece together what might be the words for "central air" warm-meter and cold-meter (rent with or without utilities included) when it might be available. Also, most rental sites list a house by zip code and won't include a specific address so you don't know exactly where it is.
It's a crack up to come home from the market and see what you thought you bought instead of crackers (anyone for Melba Toast?). It's not so fun to spend an hour trying to translate a real estate web site, contact an agent who speaks no English and then find out the apartment was rented that morning.
2 comments:
I am amazed that LM isn't helping you in all this! I'll definitely be praying for you about all these logistics. I hope Micah's cold passes quickly.
Give Tess and Maddie a hug.
On another note - odd dream last night. DT spent the day with a group of us and all I could think was I wish Piper were here!
On further inspection of the photos...are those two burners on top of your fridge and next to the place to put the rinsed dishes next to the sink???? If so, it sure does look dangerous!
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