It hasn't been too exciting around here lately. And the weather has been crummy so we haven't been outside much in the last couple of weeks. We did make a couple short trips here in Stuttgart this past week, so I have a few pictures to share with you.


These are from short walk Stephan, Sabine, Lili and I made one afternoon between rain showers.



Many people living in Stuttgart own one of these little plots of garden. Usually they are built up on the hillside and have a little garden shed and maybe a little garden furniture. Some people use this as their weekend "get-a-way".




Stephan, Lili and I went together one day to ride Stuttgart's Seilbahn. The original from 1929! It works the in the same way as San Fransisco's cable cars. Or so I'm told.



Beautiful wood interior!






Everything is 100% original!! I find that amazing, and fascinating. Maybe I'm just a dork but, 81 years ago some one was riding in this exact Seilbahn!! I find that cool.










It was a one car track except for one spot where the track split and allowed the two to pass.





K.

SOKO Stuttgart

So this evening all the family gathered around the television to watch and episode of SOKO Stuttgart, a crime series set in Stuttgart. Tonight's episode, "Tod im Wasser" (Dead in the Water), was filmed partly in our house here! The plot makes it even better. It begins with someone poisoning the drinking water here in Stuttgart. But as that develops so does a second story surrounding the death of one woman who lived.......in our house. But get this! Turns out that the woman was killed by the AuPair who was living with the family........in our house!! We all enjoyed a few laughs about that and it was cool to see the house on TV. I tried to find a clip or something online for you to see but I only managed to find a synopsis of the plot, in German of course which wont be of much help. I'll keep you posted if I do find something.

I think I am a pretty patient person, I work with children after all. But when it comes to technology I just can't handle it, especially when its my internet not working. I find it so frustrating, just thinking about it makes me stressed!! That said, I've been trying to post this for about a week and every time I work on it, my internet cuts out and I loose my work. Grrrr. Well, here it is. I've put together some photos from my house, and my little apartment. I just realized talking to my parents recently that I haven't posted many, if any photos of where I am living. And frankly I'm surprised my father has lasted this long without a blueprint OR photos :D

Here goes....

I did this quickly and I didn't want to run to the street in my socks so you get a picture looking out the front door.


Our modest patch of Daffodils planted by Lara and I.






The entry way of the house. The door on the right leads directly into the kitchen while the door on the left leads into the dinning area.


Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife!


German lesson: Wohnzimmer.


Esszimmer


Kuche (that's and u with the umlauts)


The winter garden




Heading upstairs......


Down the hallway to the bedrooms, one 3/4 bathroom and another half bath.


And up to my room!


Here it is.










My very own mini Stuttgart.


Badezimmer


What's this one called?


This was Sabine's idea of art. I found it a few months ago and Sabine cleaned it and insisted that I put it in the kitchen. My sole reason for actually putting it here was to catch Esther. I knew she would fall for it. Last weekend she came over one evening and all of a sudden I hear "Oh no Kaija, what's happened to your marmalade?!!" HAHAHA, yeah.






My very large sofa which not only had to be brought in through the window (and of course they discovered that after carrying it up three flights of stairs) but they also had to construct such an electrical thing outside and cut away part of the tree to get it in here.



And that is where I live!!

K.