The New House

No... no pictures of the house here. We didn't exactly expect to decide that this was THE ONE until later that night, so I didn't take any yet. They'll come later. Apparently we passed the landlord test because when we called to say we liked the house and wanted to rent (the verbal agreement being binding by law), the landlords said they were very happy to rent to us. 

It's in the village of Waldenbuch (pronounced Valdenbooke) on Goethestrasse- in typical German fashion instead of just having the name and the word street (Strasse), they just push the words together into one un-pronouncable multi-syllabic mush of a word.  For instance, instead of a One Way Street, you have a Einbahnstrasse (Oneroadstreet). Not easy for the language-impaired.

Anyway, it's a 4 story, 5 bedroom house with very modern upgrades. The refrigerator is actually about 1/2 the size of an American one - like as big as one side of a side-by-side fridge-- quite large by German standards. Also has a dishwasher (rare) and microwave included (also rare), and the small backyard is actually enclosed, rather than merely divided as is more typical. So I'll be able to let the dog out by herself once and a while. Our landlords live next door and are American and there are 3 other neighbors who have small kids and also speak English. 

Ric would be about 15 min to work and can take the back roads rather than the autobahn and therefore ride his motorcycle safely through green pastures.  Here are a couple pictures of the kids playing on the dangerously dangerous playground in town where our house is:

And here are some sheep nearby. The villages are each divided by lots of farmland. I'm not sure if these sheep are bound for cute little sweaters or tasty lamb chops, but either way, it's quaint.