We might be moving to Germany!

[Aroura]

Update:

Our furnished apartment is now reserved.  It's a 3 story apartment, joined with only one other unit.  Here are some pics of the place we will be living.

I can see the opening for stairs on the left.  This looks like it leads to the kitchen down the hall?  I'm not sure, yet.


This kitchen makes me want to cry with joy.  Flat top range, washer, dryer, and dishwasher. Lovely dining table, lots of sun.  Beautiful!


Bedroom for me and James.  The beds look a bit oddly shaped, maybe it's just the square pillows, lol.  Memory foam mattresses though, so yay for that!


I already <3 this bathroom.  Corner tub and separate shower, lots of room!


Our daughter's bedroom, has her own desk AND couch!  Much roomier than expected, too.


Apparently the upper floor is a Winter Garden, partly enclosed, partly outdoor patio.  I'm kind of amazed.

So, our flight date is not firm, yet, supposedly we will find out by Friday, so we can give notice at our current place of residence.  It will be between July 1st and 6th, though, for sure.

This Friday, we are driving down a few boxes to be shipped.  Winter clothing, a few pots and pans, Liz's toys, etc.  Then we have 8 boxes of things to store, plus a few items of furniture, but not much.  We are just keeping our desks and an end table.  We are giving away most of the rest of our furniture, rather than try and fit it into storage.  We are also going to sell the car.  James is a bit sad about that last, he loves that car, but it's more costly to store it for a year (or more) than it will be worth by the time we return.

Our house is 90% packed right now, so we will be living with just our beds and the clothing we pack in our suitcases for about 3 weeks.  My computer goes in a box on it's way over seas tomorrow, so I'll only be able to post from my tablet and/or phone until those shipping containers arrive, which could be 10 weeks (mid August) but might be sooner.

Anyway, I wanted to share the news. We are so excited!

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You should check out the integration courses (Integrationskurs). State subsidised and very cheap, ran at the local Volkshochschule. If we knew about it when we went over and my husband had gone off to it from the very beginning we'd probably still be living in Germany.

Also, thank you for the info, Mathilda.  I will check into this!  I really do want to learn enough to speak it at least casually.  This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to learn a language while being in the culture, and I'm determined to make the best use of it.