Our Apartment

Tessa’s and my bedroom.

Hello, hello,

There have been a couple of days of silence, which was partly to do with the fact that nothing too exciting happened (well, I did get a leg wax, which was exciting for me, but perhaps not so much for you) but for some reason I was also very tired in the evenings and went to bed really early.

I did however take some pictures of the apartment we are staying in and I thought I would share those with you.

The Hallway with the kitchen off to the left (you can’t see that door), then the lounge which is in the picture, straight on is the bathroom, next door is Tessa’s and my bedroom and just off the picture to the right is the boys’ room.

The kitchen.

The lounge, which is really a playroom for Lego structures Playmobile layouts and puzzles. Oh and a spare bed room.

The bathroom, which is very spacious but has the smallest sink ever in it. Shower is over the bath and works really well. I have to get the boys out of the shower each time. They haven’t yet stopped a shower without intervention!

Nick and Ben’s room

Have you noticed the central heating in each room??  It is soooo civilized!!!

On Monday mornings a cleaning lady comes to clean the apartement, so before leaving in the mornings I turn all heaters off and open all the windows.  I think it is nicer for her to walk into a freshly aired place, but I also find that when I come in from an outside that really is very cold with all my winter gear on, the flat can be too warm.

She clearly doesn’t agree because every time I come back home on a Monday she has cleaned the flat very nicely, closed all the windows and turned on all the heaters.  I am sure it is well intended for me to come back to a nicely warmed house but I am having heat palpitations, resulting in running through all the rooms, turning the heaters back off and opening all windows again.

These German windows close seriously well, with not the slightest bit of draft coming through and therefore the apartment is really warm (for my standards) even without the heater on.  Nevertheless, in the afternoon a do indulge us and turn the heater on until we go to bed.  Then the window in the room that I am sleeping in at least gets opened again.  Tessa got a second duvet…

I just have to show you what those German windows can do…they can either be closed,or opened   widely or….

The vertically opening German window…sorry another photo I couldn’t turn around…

The picture of Tessa’s and my bedroom was meant to be above the one of the boys’ room.  No idea how to change pictures or even delete them, so Barrie if you are reading this and want to enlighten me…feel free.  I have tried and failed!

Anyhow, Andrew if and when we build our dream house…we will so have to have those German windows!!!

Tanja

xxx