Move in date

After weeks of crossing our fingers and hoping for the best, we finally got the official word.  The house we really wanted to rent was ours and we could move in May 15th!  It's a 5 minute walk to downtown Stuttgart and is a 20 min walk to the center of the city.  They said it was part way up a mountain, but as you can see from the picture below of our street, it's more like a really big hill.

 The house is going to take a little getting used to, but that's only because things are just a little different in Europe.  For example, the oven is pretty small...it's only a little bigger then your average microwave.  That means we are definitely getting a grill. :)  I'm waiting to take pictures of inside the house because right now it's empty.  Our furniture won't arrive until mid June, so we're getting loaner furniture from the housing office on base.  Once that furniture is in I'll put up some pictures of the inside.

I did take some pictures of the view from our back deck though...while I tried to get angles to convey the view, pictures from a cell phone just don't do it justice.  I guess that means everyone reading this will have to come visit!!