Our pink house in Germany

For the last month or so we have been living in Kaltenbrunn, Germany, pet-sitting the same little sausage dog we cared for back in March. It´s been awesome having our own nice big home after spending the last 3-4 months cooped up in the van. The only part of this pet-sitting assignment that is not ideal is the rural location of the house, which is not the most convenient, but other than that it´s pretty sweet.

Innocent Little Darcie - butter wouldn´t melt in her mouth

The house we´re looking after is easy to spot, being the only pink house on the street, it´s a two story four bed-room dealio so has much more room then we could ever dream of having in the van. We managed to sell our van last week, although we were sad to see it go, I had hoped to sell it before Zac heads back home at the end of next month otherwise I´d be stuck with trying to get rid of it on my own, plus this way we feel confident it went to a good home! Now though we have to rely on public transport, which in the cities is no problem, but out here in the sticks our only option is a bus that goes into the closest big town once every 2 hours. In our village there is a tiny shop that sells Basics like eggs and milk, but if we want anything further we have to head to the bigger surrounding towns, which are about 30mins to an hour on the bus. The good thing about getting public transport again though is that we see things we wouldn´t normally see in the car (especially as the bus takes the long route).

Auf Wiedersehen Gunter!



Our pink home

Our street which ends with paddocks as far as the eye can see

The village clock tower

Last weekend was Bürgerfest which is our village´s annual festival when a stage is set-up in the main street of town and it´s basically turned into a big beergarden with live music. Was nice to enjoy something different but man it was a hot day...

Walking to the main street



The stage and traditional German band

das Bier!

Afterwards we headed back to our house, which is only a ten minute walk from the main street, and Darcie was so pooped in the heat I had to carry her some of the way.

Darcie back home all pooped out...



...a big day out for the little sausage.