Friday, August 2, 2013

What to do in rural Germany

We´ve now been pet-sitting the sausage dog in rural Germany for four weeks, and we still have just over a week remaining. Since we sold our van almost three weeks ago, we are definitely more restricted with where we can go and when we can go there. Living here is great but I think we´re both ready to move on and explore elsewhere.

My husband, Zac, is well and truly over it and just wishes he was at home, in fact, he changed his flight home bringing it forward 2 weeks earlier than originally planned. He was definitely only here for the snowboarding and now that all the snow has well and truly melted, and it´s so hot out we try not to leave the house in the middle of the day, he´s super keen to get home. I definitely have to give him credit for sticking it out though, we last snowboarded about 3 months ago and after the visit to Miniature Wonderland in Hamburg, that was already everything ticked off Zac´s Euro wish list with still three months left of his time here. Since then he´s been ready to go home but has been following me around to humour me.

We´ve found ways to pass our time in rural Germany, however creatively, Zac brought a GoPro nearby at Media Markt so we tried to strap it to the sausage dog like a 'day in the life' sort of thing. The results were a little dissapointing as she has such a tiny frame that the camera was too heavy for her and the mount we used (a spatula taped to a wooden spoon) was not ideal. Having said that, it´s still pretty funny to watch, you can see it at the link below:


Also, I have taken the opportunity of having a postal address again to ensure I get as many things delivered that I "need" as possible...

A bit of excitement for little Miss sausage
It´s like Christmas time!

2 comments:

  1. is the challenge a fail if Zac leaves earlier than the 120 days?
    Shane C.

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    1. Well maybe technically... but Zac has been over here for almost 5 months already(!) and I really think he´s 'horizons have broadened' in that time so I´m pretty darn chuffed with myself (and with him ofcourse). Besides, I did the math the other day and realised that Zac´s time over here was actually originally booked for more like 150 days (ssshhhh don´t tell anyone!)

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