Lovely Home in Mehlingen

5 Weistrasse, Mehlingen. Here is a lovely 4 bed room home with two bonus attic rooms, 1.5 bath which includes an extra large bath tub with separate shower, over 2000 Sq feet, large dining area, little to no yard work, friendly neighborhood lots of extra parking.

Mehlingen sits on the outer parts of Kaiserslautern Germany. This charming village has several restaurants,1 small grocery store, 2 churches and 3 Backeri's just to name a few amenities you will enjoy. Beautiful walking trails and 2 parks for children are in close walking distance from this property. There is one main street running through the town which is currently undergoing construction.

This home is constructed out of red sand stone and was updated in the early 90's. As you enter the home you will find a mud room, take off you coat and shoes and please have a look around. To your right there is a guest bathroom which includes a urinal, an outstanding feature for younger boys who want that "public restroom" feel right in your own home.

On your right there is a lovely play room that any child would enjoy. Complete with a reading area, craft table and more toys than any child would know what to do with.

Walk on through, please watch for toys. Enter into a spacious living area. Here you will find a comfortable place to rest and put up your feet. There is also a TV, and a door straight ahead that will lead you to the porch. Don't head out there yet, there's much more to see.

Here is the dining room, feel free to make yourself at home. There is plenty of room for everyone, the table seats 6 comfortably, but we always have room for more. In the kitchen you will find a very bright canary yellow that will surely brighten even the darkest day. Enjoy the opened shelving and the easy access to whatever you are looking for.

Beyond the kitchen is a large pantry, loaded with both American and German snacks. Ok, well now lets make our way upstairs! There are 4 bedrooms. To the left is a craft/office area, and to the right a master bed room. Please watch your step, it's small, but I'd hate for you to trip! Straight ahead is the bathroom, the surprise feature here is this wonderful boudey. Now on to the bedrooms here, to the left and right are identical rooms. One for a girl on the left and the boys to the right. Each room has a bonus attic room, perfect to store even more toys, or children.

So sorry that you don't have time to see more, I hope you can come again and stay longer!

Welcome

Here we are!

We have officially been in Germany for 2 months now, is that it? It feels like so much longer. So, I've come up with a list of some things you need to know before you come to Germany. We didn't really know these things. They may have been eluded to by others, but we didn't really grasp the full understanding. I think it's one of those things no one can tell you, because really you have to figure it out on your own.

Top 4 things to know BEFORE you move to Germany

1. When you're thirsty DO NOT drink the German water. After a long walk in the woods and up to the top of a Castle ruin everyone was thirsty. So proud to hear them talk about how thirsty they were, not for soda or kool-aid, but water! Down to the shop and get a bottle of water..... it's water with carbonation and a direct quote from 3 of the 4 kids "it is disgusting!" Toben didn't say it was bad, but he also refused to drink it. I'll have to agree with them. And after 3 tries with different bottled "water" we all came to the same conclusion. Maybe it's one of those things that will grow on you with time, but I'm not counting on it.

2. Bring a milk pail with you. The Commissary here is much like the one in Texas or any other Grocery store that you might shop at, probably with one exception and that would be the milk. First off you can not get a gallon of milk. They only sell it in 1/2 gallon containers and my guess is because they don't want you to actually think that your milk is $4 a gallon. It's a 1/2 gallon for $2. So when our 70 year old neighbor Walter insisted on taking Martin to get milk from the farmer I was all for it. Only one problem, where to get the milk pail. Lucky for us Walter let us borrow his and has since found one for us to keep. (More to come about our helpful neighbor Walter later)

3. Less is not always more. Number three is not for the weak stomach. And my apologies for the disgusting nature of this. Germany is an amazingly Eco friendly country. Trash is carefully separated and recycled from each and every household. This also includes water conservation. Now I can see how in the US the toilet may seem like a water waster, but I am here to tell you IT'S NOT. And the reason is because it helps flush everything down! If you can imagine 80% less water in the toilet, now imagine you just used the toilet. Where does it all go? Let me tell you, it goes all over the porcelain and most houses have a toilet brush next to the toilet so that you can help everything go down. Personally I think we need to call the guy from Dirty Jobs. You get the idea. It's just not right!

4. Transformers are your friends. Not having ever lived overseas I had almost no experience with voltage and assumed all you need to plug something in was a little adapter. Boy was I wrong. There is a 20 lb box you must (find) plug in the wall and then plug in your appliance. I thought maybe some of our appliances might be duel voltage where you can plug it into the little adapter. No. That would be too easy. I learned the hard way, and that's why I say transformers are your friends. Just plug everything into the big heavy box. Why you ask? Because you'll blow it up if you don't. Just ask my sewing machine and she'll tell you.