Photos from our front window.
We picked up our Germany driving license Friday morning. Tom picked up the rental car in the evening. Since we not used to driving here, we wanted a small car with automatic drive. After checking around, he found his best option was from an off base Germany company. His options were either a “smart” car (you know those really small compact cars that look like something out of science fiction) or a small Mercedes Benz. Yep, our rental car is a brand spanking new Mercedes (only had 16 miles on it).
On Saturday we drove to the AF base for a little shopping and to try to find our way around. I got some YARN! The Arts & Craft shop only had some cotton yarn but at least its yarn.
Saturday evening I drove us over to the AF Base Enlisted club. We had dinner (very expensive hamburgers) and played the slots. The slot machines were very much like the ones at the casino, but they only have a couple dozen machines. I stopped playing when I was $20 ahead. Tom played awhile longer, and he broke even. Now for the good part, I drove the Mercedes back to the hotel in the dark. It wasn’t too bad. The worst part is not knowing the roads or even be sure of the way back to the hotel. We made it in one piece and no damage to the rental car.
Today we were going to drive around and look at houses, but after looking at the list, we decided we need to make some phone calls first. So Tom will try to make the calls tomorrow from work (with someone who speaks German standing by).
Missy called last night, she’s got a buyer for Tom’s old Dodge truck. She got the asking price.
Need to close for now, as I can hear my knitting calling me.
On Saturday we drove to the AF base for a little shopping and to try to find our way around. I got some YARN! The Arts & Craft shop only had some cotton yarn but at least its yarn.
Saturday evening I drove us over to the AF Base Enlisted club. We had dinner (very expensive hamburgers) and played the slots. The slot machines were very much like the ones at the casino, but they only have a couple dozen machines. I stopped playing when I was $20 ahead. Tom played awhile longer, and he broke even. Now for the good part, I drove the Mercedes back to the hotel in the dark. It wasn’t too bad. The worst part is not knowing the roads or even be sure of the way back to the hotel. We made it in one piece and no damage to the rental car.
Today we were going to drive around and look at houses, but after looking at the list, we decided we need to make some phone calls first. So Tom will try to make the calls tomorrow from work (with someone who speaks German standing by).
Missy called last night, she’s got a buyer for Tom’s old Dodge truck. She got the asking price.
Need to close for now, as I can hear my knitting calling me.
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