THE QUEEN OF QUIRK

recap: frankfurt west end

During our incredibly long settling in period here in Germany, we rented a furnished apartment for 7 weeks in Frankfurt West End. It was lovely, in a beautiful building and was in an incredible location near Grueneberg Park, Palmengarten, the Korean Garden and The Old Opera House. We love Frankfurt and It was nice to be able to go downtown so easily and get to know the city really well. I feel really comfortable there now and can't wait to get back there every other weekend or so. We're not apartment people, though, so we felt a bit out of place. We like to stay up late, we're loud and we love having a garden. And even though the apartment was very nice, we were ready to move into our house. :) I thought I'd snap some photos of it, though, so we could remember the place we lived in the shortest. :)

This apartment also gave me new found love for white walls and sparse surroundings. After living here and then getting all our massive amounts of junk and stuff, it made me want to pare down our belongings and take greater care about what we bring into this house. I can't wait to really get decorating and get this house looking the way it really want it to. I know it will take time, but it's an undertaking I am very excited about.

today's adventure

The kiddos have today off from school for some kind of teacher workday. It was nice for them to sleep in til 7:30 instead of waking them up at 5:30. They are very happy bunnies right now.

In anticipation of them having today off (and honestly to kind of bribe them to be good for me...) I told them we would go to the Frankfurt Children's Museum and if they were very, very good I would take them out to lunch. They can't decide between sushi and Italian. 

So we're all getting dressed and then we'll walk downtown and spend the day hanging out. For the past 3 weeks Lara and Mia have done nothing but school, homework and errands. It's been sad, but we've had no extra time in our lives for fun family days out. So we're taking advantage of their day off today.

Later this evening we're taking the train down to where Colin works to meet him. Then we're going shopping for light fixtures for the new house and also the new slipcover we want. I'm hoping there will be a trip to a hardware store so I can grab some paint samples but who knows if we'll have enough time.

I hope everyone is having a great day! We've only had one minor catfight/scuffle so I think we're off to a pretty good start! Off to have some much needed fun! Ciao! :)