Das Haus

The house we are staying in is very nice and we are so grateful that the Bartels have let us watch it for them. I thought I'd post some pictures of das haus and some things that are different.
Here she is:

I think that the germans have to keep their yards spick and span, so I took a picture of how perfect all the bushes are in the neighboring houses. This is an example:

As you come into the front door, there is a nest of ostrich eggs sitting on the table for decor. Pretty cool, huh?

This is our bedroom in the picture below. There is no carpet anywhere in the house. Yes, we each are on a twin bed. Makes it hard to snuggle and sometimes we squish onto one twin bed at night. The mattresses are egg shell foam and they only use bottom sheets here. We have a down comforter on to cover and that's it. The boards sometimes fall out from under McCord's bed, as you can see in the picture, but we just put them back on the frame and no big deal. =)

The house has 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms. This is a picture of the sauna that's in the basement:

This is the living room. We all spend a great deal of time in here preparing lessons and watching Heroes and American Idol.

The electrical plugs are different here. What do you think? I don't think our plugs are going to fit in these:

(Don't worry, parents, we have sufficient converters for our needs)

The light switches are different too. You push them in and out to go on and off, and you twist them to dim or brighten the lights. It took some getting used to for this.

We take care of the cat here. Shadow is much like a dog, she is trained well. I think it is funny that she drinks from the bathroom fauset:

Garbage! It's so complicated. You have to separate the garbage into 4 different categories: paper, plastic, bio stuff, and the rest. This drawer holds the garbage and the garbage cans. You put the different garbage out on the street every two weeks. If you do not separate it, they will fine you and not pick up your trash for 2 weeks.

I had to take a picture of the "leechy berry". You crack the shell and inside the berry is very delicious and sweet. The texture is like and eye ball.

Can anyone tell me how to work the dryer/washer? It's all in german.

I really know how to work it. It's just cool that it's all in German.