Regulated chimney sweeps?

I have to say that there are some things here in Germany that really perplex me. Today we had a visit from a chimney sweep who I guess is delegated to our area. Once a year they come around and check out the chimney, heater, etc. to make sure that everything is...

Fabulous Farmhouse Searches Vol. 6

I’m a day late…I know. I wasn’t really inspired by the searches when I started looking at them on Wednesday. Then I had to take Ayla to the vet because she was limping but so far things seem to be ok with her. So it’s Friday again and my body...

Being accepted by the locals

Stefan and I were out walking the dog yesterday evening and one of the locals from town rode up on his bicycle behind us. The two of us were talking and didn’t hear him come up behind us…and we were walking side-by-side with the dog taking up the rest of...

Internet complications

After reading our Back from the weekend post, you may be wondering why I didn’t post all this info on Sunday. I actually would have loved to do that except our Internet was dead. We’ve been having problems off and on lately and were getting dropped during...

Roofers in costume

I hope you guys can see the guy standing on the scaffolding in this picture. In case you think he’s lost or this was Halloween or something, this is actually what master roofers wear here in Germany. Our neighbors across the street started redoing their roof...