After weeks of delays from contractor and other mishaps we have finally reached the end of the rough build out. This morning at 8.30h Macky arrived with a helper in tow and promptly set out the fix the piping. It turns out they had to replace a pipe and now we should be 100% dry.At […]

I was catching up on some Newf-L list reading and came across a message about a few dog clubs who are working at local Christmas tree farms by pulling the trees out of the lot. In return they accept tips and donations to their local rescue organization or dog club. How cool is that?? I […]

Thanksgiving is more than a week behind us now, but this is something that we just need to post about! Better late than never. We had a big Thanksgiving feast at our house last Saturday (Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday here in Germany, so people have to work) with 10 people – 8 adults and 2 […]

In our last post, we were going on about potentially putting in the screed on Friday which is basically one of last big step before we start the finishing touches on the guest house (paint, floor, tile, bathroom fixtures, etc.). BUT we had a rather unpleasant find on Thursday after Macky left when we turned […]

Well, the screed was ordered yesterday. 1.5 cubic meters should do it for the guesthouse. Macky finally dragged himself out here yesterday to finish the plumbing. He hung the water heater and everything seemed to be ok. After he left (without testing, and yes it’s our fault for spacing out on that too) he left […]