A German Kitchen

A German kitchen. What does that mean actually? Well, when Alex and I made this huge decision to move across the big blue ocean, we started researching about the culture and living in Europe. One of the things we ran across was that German homes and apartments do not come with a kitchen when you move in and you have to buy one. Who ever heard of such a thing. Maybe an appliance here or there, but an entire kitchen. In the states, kitchens and bathrooms are two of the most expensive rooms to remodel.

But here in Germany we have...IKEA, Mobel Martin, Mobel Fruber, etc. You get my picture. Kitchens are uninstalled in one day and reinstalled in another... so, our landlord promised us a new kitchen. So on the same day the British brought our belongings home, the Germans gave us a new kitchen.

Lucky for us, we live in an German society indoctorined in American culture...American's rent apartments and homes with kitchens (PS...we don't have closets either).

Demolition day...they tore out the entire kitchen in 3 hours.

Midway through the installation process, we had the electrician there at 8, the kitchen guys at 10 and the moving company with our household goods in at 11. Everyone was gone by 3.

The finished kitchen. To the right is the fridge. It is exactly the size of a dorm fridge complete with teenie, tiny freezer. We now have a dishwasher, too. Yeah. The painters came today to finish up. We love it.