Friday, June 20, 2008
International House Hunters Munich
We haven't slept much since leaving Michigan, and it's been an action packed first day in Munich. We had one of those situations you hear about in planes where an elderly man got sick and needed to have an emergency landing. Thus, we got to add the military base in Goose Bay in Newfoundland to our tour. We got into town three hours late and just in time to meet our relocation agent, an awesome lady named Karin who laughed at all of my jokes. She laughed when I asked if it was against the law to drink and bike, but that wasn't intended to be a joke. She took us on an exhaustive apartment search and to lunch. It really was just like an International House Hunters episode. One of the apartment leasers who we met with asked us why we were looking at so many top floor apartments with no elevators and terrible parking. I thought of them more as affordable apartments with great views in popular areas. Regardless, we climbed a lot of stairs and spent a lot of time waiting for people to leave their parking spots. We found a great place though and we're so excited. In a state of delirious sleeplessness, we signed our year long contract today and we move in tomorrow. Details and a multitude of pictures will follow soon.
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6 comments:
Wow, mark off "emergency landing" on your list of things to experience. Congrats on the apt...looking forward to pics!
congratulations you two! i knew apartment searching in person would prove much more fruitful :-) we can't wait to see pictures. hugs!
did you tell them that you plan to use the top floor apartment with no elevator as your means of exercise while in munich? i credit my great weight loss in china to a 4th floor apartment. :-) miss you em!
I'm at work right now and the emergency landing story just caused me undue stress. I need a drink. I can't wait to hear about the apartment. See you in a couple weeks. Whoo-hoo!
So what was the verdict? Can you legally drink & bike in Munich?
apparently, it's not legal to drink and bike, but we've seen tons of people doing it. at the same time even. i imagine it's like smoking pot in ann arbor. technically it's not legal, but it seems like everyone is doing it.
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