Sixth Base

After the catastrophe that was the last place we rented, we wanted something good, with lots of room. We found something through gumtree instead of AirBnB which has advantages and disadvantages. You get less guarantees than in AirBnB, there is a bit of confusion if a room is on offer for short term stays or not and people there are less "prepared" for a lack of a better word. The owner was a young girl who was leaving for a month, so we had the whole apartment for ourselves.

Although I think, this is aesthetically sound, I don't care much about shiny surfaces. Diana hates them.

It was a newly built building with multiple identically furnished apartments. We had a balcony, a small park in front of us where people were doing yoga and boxing-training(?) and a nice stay in the 12 days we stayed there. What surprised me is the low build quality of most of the things there. The TV was not that great. After every visit, there was a small pool of water just outside of the shower that didn't vanish for a day because they haven't put much thought in the inclination of the floor. The dishwasher was leaking water sometimes. The washing machine didn't work. The most outlandish thing for me is that the dishwasher and washing machine had huge stickers on them showcasing the low grades the appliances got for energy and water saving. My impression is that machines that bad are not even on the market in Germany. And if they did save money on pretty much everything, if I was the seller of the apartments I would at least remove the stickers?

We had to walk over 20 mintues to get somewhere where you can have some food. Far from the centre, still lots of cars.

The neighborhood was very nice but the only public transport that was close only came once an hour and all the surrounding neighborhoods were not that great. Also we didn't have internet, so we had to use my phone data which worked out OK.

So it had its disadvantages but still it was pretty relaxing leaving the city centre and living on our own. We even used the kitchen!