Thanks everyone for your nice comments about my apartment! Too bad that everyone's living so far away, it would be so nice if you could be my guests here! The girls are also enjoying company, especially Lily!


catcrazylady, if you should ever come back to Germany one day, you have to stop by. We could even watch the LotR-movies together, I'm always watching them in English! The map above the tv is scanned from the SEE version btw (printed in 4 parts and then glued together LOL).


trayi52, that color is called terracotta. It's no paint, it's a wallpaper. It's a very popular color for wallpapers over here for the last couple of years.

I don't know anyone with the name Zenker personally, but I think it's a very common name. Do you know where your dad's family has lived in Germany? I could try to find out if there are still Zenkers living in that area.


catnapper, that's sweet of you that you've tried to find some LotR-stuff. About your bathroom question:
Actually it's a very strange tub, more like a combination of a tub and a shower, you can only sit in it. It has a seat inside. And no, there's no lid, it's only looking like that because the photo is overexposed. Usually bathrooms in Germany are not looking like that, they either have a "normal" tub or a shower, or both of them. I don't know why my landlords installed that stupid thing, I never saw something like that before, and I only use it to take a shower. I'm never taking a bath in that thingy, it's just a waste of water because it's so uncomfortable.

Kirsten