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August Break: When I Said Bedroll, That’s Not What I Meant

On By StevenIn Life In Germany9 Comments

I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.

Living in America, I got used to bedding being flat white slabs stacked up in a mattress store.  When I moved here, I did what most people do- I went to Ikea for some affordable, necessary furniture.  Imagine my surprise when I saw that the mattresses in Ikea start out in this rolled state!

When I got it to my apartment, I had to unfurl it and let it sit open for a day or two to fully expand and air out.  I also had to get used to the bedding sizes and styles here.  I love that German couples usually have separate blankets rather than one big one that they have to fight over share… it’s quite ingenious!

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Have you ever had an Ikea bed?  Did you like it?

August Break: Dom and Donau

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I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.

When I started thinking about how I was going to fill my August Break with photos, I decided that I wanted to showcase things that are part of my life here- things that are commonplace to me, but that don’t really get into other posts very much. This is a big one- it’s turned up in a few of my posts, but I don’t really focus on it all that much most of the time.

This is the view of my adopted German hometown that I never really get tired of: Looking south from the Stone Bridge over the Donau river, looking toward the Altstadt and the Dom, our amazing cathedral.

I joke that Germany (and Europe) is full of churches the way Georgia is full of Waffle Houses, but it’s still pretty amazing to see them in person.

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Do you have a favorite cathedral?

August Break: Buzz off!

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I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.

Bees and wasps are a routine part of any outdoor meal here these days.  I haven’t had a single meal in the last two weeks that didn’t involve at least one visit from a yellow and black gatecrasher.  Maybe I look like a tree or something.

These fellows will move on after a bit if you just ignore them, but it’s still kind of annoying.

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