Wow! I am so tired it's crazy, so I'm taking a short blogging break to sum up the past two days, which was a whirlwind of wheeling, dealing, and shopping!
Day 7
1. We got 2 chairs, a couch, and a bed from Ikea and rented a truck for an hour to take it all home.
2. We got the truck stuck in a driveway that slanted down to the garage really sharp (think San Francisco crazy steep).
3. We met our new neighbors who helped us to get out of the driveway of doom*.
4. Joern cut a great deal on mattresses, bed-support-sticks-things, and even some free pilloows!
*So Joern was trying to turn around and just went a bit over the edge, but that was all the driveway needed to swallow up our truck. He tried to put the truck in reverse (remember that almost all cars here are manual) and instead rolled forward 2 meters. This happened three more times, until our truck was uncomfortably close to the garage door. At this point Joern wisely decided to take a break and re-asses the situation. Concurrently our downstairs neighbor arrived on the scene and suggested we put some of his garden stones under the tires to stop the wheels from rolling, and the rental car guy explained on the phone to Joern that he had to pull a special reverse level as well. After everything was in place, we all (me, the neighbors, a few pedestrians, window-watchers) bit our nails as Joern tried once more, knowing that failure would mean adding a new garage door to our shopping list. Success! Joern was finally able to back out and triumphantly drove the rental truck 5 meters to our house. All said, it was a great way to get to know the neighbors.
Day 8
1. Picked up our new table and chairs (Joern got an even better deal!).
2. Purchased cabinets of all kinds because most German homes do not have many closets).
3. Carried another 5,000 pounds worth of stuff up the stairs (I'm not worried about the gym yet).
4. Began to assemble said products.
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