Because we were planning on staying in Hamburg for a week or so, Dave and I decided to rent a flat. The cost per night for a hotel was pretty steep, and by comparison, a flat was about the same, maybe a little less when you throw in access to a kitchen. Things you aren’t prepared for:
– doors that stick or won’t unlock. It took four of us get in last night. I had visions of sleeping on the street.
– daylight that extends well past the hour of sleep. Hotel = blackout curtains. Flat = not so much.
– different places for your bowls and such. Not a biggie, but when your looking for a wine glass and you find a soup bowl. Wait … that could be okay.
– television in German. Iron Man doesn’t translate. Especially when you say the “R”
– packaging in the States that looks similar to another very different product. Hence, you think you bought cream cheese but can’t figure out where the soap is … until you realize that it’s in the fridge because you thought it was cream cheese. Maybe that soup bowl wine glass mix up was worse than I thought.
But the view is spectacular. Now if we could just figure out how to get the door open to enjoy it.
The beau and I are in the process of looking at flats to stay in for a month in CA and OR. Thankfully, being in America, it’ll be easier than in Hamburg. Enjoy your trip and go with the wine bowl!
If we ever take another long trip like this, I will totally rent another flat just for the simple opportunity to feel like I “blend” . . . even though I’m pretty sure that my alarm could be heard in the upstairs flats.
Ha- you’re one of those people, I see.;)