We drove by our new house (in the rain) so I could take a couple photos from the outside. If I hadn’t known the landlord was having the inside of the house painted, I would have been worried about the cars in the driveway.
One of the things Tom and I discovered since moving to Germany. We are very good at getting lost or as Tom calls it “taking the scenic route”. It seems that no matter where we are headed in the local area, we get lost. Today we were trying to find the BXTRA on one of the many US military areas in our area. We not only got lost once, but twice within about 15 minutes. But that’s not the record. Earlier this week we were looking for the housing office. We drove around and around the base looking for the building number. It was not where you’d expect a military housing office to be. When we finely found it, it was closed. Seems everything closes at 1500 (3pm). Now that’s not the best part. We couldn’t find our way off the base. We drove and drove and drove and just went in circles. I even got out the GPS and tried to find our way out. The problem with GPS is that it doesn’t know that the area is under construction and the gates are closed. As a last result, Tom just followed another car and we were able to escape the base. Not sure what we would have done if the other car had been going somewhere other than out the gate.
Another thing we’ve discovered is that ‘NOTHING IS EVERY EASY’. My friend G and his wife D told me that a few weeks ago, and it’s so right. With all the mini bases in the local area everything is spread out and no matter where you need to go, it’s on another base. You go all over the place just to find you are at the wrong place. Yep, nothing is ever easy in Germany.
One of the things Tom and I discovered since moving to Germany. We are very good at getting lost or as Tom calls it “taking the scenic route”. It seems that no matter where we are headed in the local area, we get lost. Today we were trying to find the BXTRA on one of the many US military areas in our area. We not only got lost once, but twice within about 15 minutes. But that’s not the record. Earlier this week we were looking for the housing office. We drove around and around the base looking for the building number. It was not where you’d expect a military housing office to be. When we finely found it, it was closed. Seems everything closes at 1500 (3pm). Now that’s not the best part. We couldn’t find our way off the base. We drove and drove and drove and just went in circles. I even got out the GPS and tried to find our way out. The problem with GPS is that it doesn’t know that the area is under construction and the gates are closed. As a last result, Tom just followed another car and we were able to escape the base. Not sure what we would have done if the other car had been going somewhere other than out the gate.
Another thing we’ve discovered is that ‘NOTHING IS EVERY EASY’. My friend G and his wife D told me that a few weeks ago, and it’s so right. With all the mini bases in the local area everything is spread out and no matter where you need to go, it’s on another base. You go all over the place just to find you are at the wrong place. Yep, nothing is ever easy in Germany.
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