Okay, new flat it is. New…well, a bit run-down to be honest. Flo and I came up with a lot of stuff we could do to fix it and make it way nicer than it is right now…but we’re only renting it for 6 months.
To give you a first impression…Flo called the flat “vomit-coloured hell-hole” for half a day before we came up with Monte Pugly as a name for it.
Ah, let me start all over again. When Flo and I looked at flats, we decided to give Newlands a try as it is a really nice suburb, only 7 min on the motorway away from the city center and the flat was partly furnished. Flo particularly liked a big gaming table. BUT the landlord decided to go with a single person, not with a couple. Bad luck for us. Continue reading
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Flat and job hunting
Sorry for not updating, it’s been a stressful couple of days. Flo is sick and we’re both quite jetlagged. I’ve forgotten how long it takes to get used to a different time zone. At around 4pm, since yesterday we managed to push it back to 5 pm, we get so incredibly tired that we really can’t do anything productive anymore. We did the smart thing and stayed up till 10pm on the first night but we still have these attacks of tiredness. Continue reading
Last day in Germany
This is going to be a very short update. We are sitting here with Flo’s grandparents, goodbyes slowly creeping up on us. 6 hours until take off. Minor catastrophies with the bike need to be managed, but I am confident that it will work out. I gained a lot of confidence those last few weeks that things always work out. …
My farewell from work
Though Flo is still working, he had is “Ausstand” from work already (see last post). My last day at work was on the 17th of August. It was quite a mixed day…considering that I wasn’t too keen about my work place, I do miss it. *gg* There were only colleagues present that I like and Aurica gave my muffins which spelled out “NINA” with smarties and two smiley faces made out of gummy bears and smarties. That was very cute.
I got my job reference (very good) and a small gift (voucher) for my farewell. Saying good-bye to my colleagues is going to happen today. It started with a “breakfast” from 12.30 to 13.30 at the advertising agency that actually employed me. A whole table full of food from bread rolls and cheese to potato salad and ice cream. Very, very yummy. The breakfast is a tradition at the agency; everybody gets one for their birthday. Three of my work colleagues celebrated their birthday within the last month so this was a combined one and they invited me as well even though I don’t work there anymore. =) There probably will be pictures as my boss and Timo (only male colleague) took some. My boss thanked me again for my excellent work, thanked me for making sure that all my responsibilities were taken care of by colleagues and said he bought a small gift for me but forgot it at home. -.- I’ll get it with the mail. Then he hugged me which was awkward. *lol*
Now the fun part can start. Six of my colleagues and me will meet up at 17.30 to play laser tag. Timo (see above) was quite jealous when I talked about laser tag about a month ago so he talked me into going again. I think it’ll be fun. Again. =) Let’s see how the girls will fight. Aurica already challenged everyone.
Afterwards we will eat out in an Italian restaurant. =)
That’s the fun part. The non-fun part is moving out. Flo hired a van on that same last friday. Luckily we had a lot of help from friends because we managed to clear out quite a bit of the flat. Almost all content of the cupboards and wardrobes are stored as is our complete bedroom furniture. On this friday the other furniture will be stored, too. The next step after that is to paint every wall in the flat.-.- Happy times.
A special birthday party
Since my (Florian) birthday was so close to our departure date, Nina and I decided to combine those two. Have a last birthday / good-bye get-together with as many friends as we could rally. It was a great and only at times bitter-sweet evening. Continue reading
One month to go …
Since that is probably the most asked question right now, here is a short summary of where we stand at this point (it turned out to become a rather not-so-short summary in the end 🙂 )
A (parting) tour of our apartment
Something a little more light-hearted. Nina giving a tour of our apartment, documented for future generations. The video is in German, but I went through the painstakingly long procedure of close captioning it. Uff …
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