Kurpfalzstraße

After our Spain trip (Madrid, San Sebastian, Elciego) we arrived at our new home in Nußloch, Germany on Kurpzalfstraßn (KurpfalzStreet) where we will live for the next 6 months. We had no idea what to expect from our new place. All we knew was thatNussloch was a town of about 10,000 and was close to Headquarters.

As we pulled up in our Mercedes A-class rental car (automatic, of course), we were, well, puzzled. We had requested a two bedroom apartment, and we were told that is what we would have. The second bedroom was nowhere to be found... So, here we are today in our one bedroom apartment with a large living room (aka second "bedroom"). Turns out the number of bedrooms would be the least of our worries...

On move in day, when temperatures were exceeding 100 degrees, we quickly discovered that there was no air conditioning. No air conditioning anywhere in the entire country, really, except our rental car! So after completing paperwork and taking a brief tour, we jumped in our cool rental car and bought a €20 fan. Best investment ever. Not only does the fan cool us down, it also serves as our clothing dryer (our washer is this tiny, overly complicated machine that can only hold about 7 items at once). For the most part the rest of our apartment is just fine. It is exceptionally clean and more or less fully furnished -except for sheets, which we are still working on figuring out.

The town of Nussloch is built on a hill that leads up to a beautiful forest with great hiking and mountain biking. There are also about five bakeries that have the best bread ever. There are tons of kids running around and a really good Pizzeria/Ice Cream Parlor. We go for a nightly walk through the town since we only get CNN International (for those wondering, Hulu and such do not work in Germany. I found this out the very hard way!! No idea how I will survive without E! News). The sun doesn't go down unit around 10pm and the sunsets are amazing. Frankfurt is about an hour away and Heidelberg is just 20 minutes away.

We are happy to be here and have a lot of exploring to do in the next 6 months!