Roses & Thorns

A few unexpected roses from our first couple of days in Munich:

~That free wine on international flights.

~There are actual roses and a yard.

~The toilet paper here is so thick.  It's like wiping with a paper towel.

~An entire extra toilet in our rental that was not advertised!

~Someone left a decent bike with a lock here.  We were planning on buying a used one for Jay to ride to work so we saved a few bucks.

Jay's sweet freebie bike.

~A weekly visit from a cleaning person is included in our rental...also not advertised.  Holy. Crap.

~No screens on the windows and also no mosquitos.

~There's a balcony off of each bedroom.

~This kids chair that I've always wanted back home.

~Many people are wearing joggers out of the house here.

Some minor thorns:

~There is a church directly across the street that dings and dongs like the city is on fire right into our open windows at noon and 3 just in time for naps.  There is minor dinging and donging at all other hours.  Closing the windows and baking alive with no a/c is not an option.

~They are shutting down the main train stops from our house to downtown every weekend in August for maintenance.  This means a wierd bus route and no chance for me to practice using the train with Jay on the weekends for my solo trips with the girls on the week days.

~Our train stop and all of our destinations so far have not exactly been ADA accesible as we anticipated.  Lifting the stroller in has been a two person job...another thing I'm not looking forward to doing solo.

~Our tablet does not lend itself to formatting blog posts well.

~I was inches away from bringing my Adidas classic tennis shoes and one people watching trip on the train made it clear that I most definitely should have.

Sorry if that Poison song is stuck in your head for the rest of the day.  - Aber & Out