Painting Party
Last weekend we were presented with the keys to our new apartment. First order of business: PAINTING! I
n Germany it's the tenants' responsibility to paint the apartment either before they move in or after they move out (actually, I'm surprised at how little landlords are actually required to do here - I can see that property-letting might be a lucrative and not-too-time-consuming endeavour).
n Germany it's the tenants' responsibility to paint the apartment either before they move in or after they move out (actually, I'm surprised at how little landlords are actually required to do here - I can see that property-letting might be a lucrative and not-too-time-consuming endeavour).Realizing that we were in for a h
eavy workload in our very small time frame, we enlisted the services of our fabulous friends, Thomas & Jeannette, Andre & Melanie. With all the scrubbing, taping, and 
colour-mixing, the job turned out to be even bigger than we anticipated, but after two L-O-N-G days, we managed to finish painting every square inch of paintable surface.
eavy workload in our very small time frame, we enlisted the services of our fabulous friends, Thomas & Jeannette, Andre & Melanie. With all the scrubbing, taping, and 
colour-mixing, the job turned out to be even bigger than we anticipated, but after two L-O-N-G days, we managed to finish painting every square inch of paintable surface.Special thanks to our friends: we really could not have done it without you!
...now we just have to wait for the living room floors to be re-finished, a couple tiles to be replaced and the bathroom to be re-siliconed and then we can move in!
And now it's up to you to enjoy this perfectly renovated appartment for a LONG time!
And don't dispair of that visa thing. We definitely want you to stay here! And it's probably just a test by the authorities to select only the toughest candidates... ;-)