Rimpar - Our beautiful little dorf

Aghhhh! As usual, I blew it first try! This picture belongs clear down at the bottom, as it is a "before" picture of our "kitchen." Just use your imagination when you get down that far and compare it to the existing kitchen--worthy of Better Homes and Gardens at least!

Well, we've learned that our Internet connection is slower than cold tar, so this will certainly keep me from long blogs!! It takes at least five minutes per picture to download, so I'm learning to cut things short! Hoorah, you say!

Anyhow, this is just a small introduction to Markt Rimpar, the little city we now live in. I'll have to get Lynsi to change our home page and put in our new location, as we are no longer in Frankfurt! From our window, we see the schloss (below). It is now the Rathaus (city offices), as well as a cool restaurant and I don't know what else. We'll discover as time goes on.

This is a night time view from our bedroom window as well. The bells from this church ring at the strangest times. They must all have meaning, but right now I don't see much rhyme or reason to them. They do go off on the hour and half hour all day and night, and I think they must be on the quarter hour as well. But occasionally between 6 and 6:30 a.m. they chime for 20 minutes or so just for fun, I think. Everyone here must be early risers!

Same church in daylight.

Same old, same old, but with more of the city.

I'll send more pictures of the house as time goes on, but I had to share the best news of all---we now have a kitchen!! And we didn't even have to install it! These are the "before" pictures--note the bucket and rags stuffed in the pipes, the lack of flooring, etc.

Now...tah-dah!! Magic and beautiful! Aren't we lucky? It is really delightful, and we're so grateful! You can see that we now have a sink where the bucket was, a brand new flat-top stove, "hidden" fridge, and a dishwasher (which we will never use, but it looks nice)!!

Well, that's all for now. I don't know whether to start something else or wait for the millennium. We'll see how far along I can get before bedtime!

You will be hearing tons about Rimpar. We've taken as many walks as time has allowed, and it is a true German village, from the narrow roads, hilly terrain, friendly people, lifestyle, etc.