Long story short, we found a Wash & Surf (not sure what the surf was about, there was no internet) in the outskirts of Freiburg, which is about 60km away, drove down, got some bakery goodies, juice and coffee, and read some magazines while waiting for the machines to do their job.
We made it through the wilderness
Somehow we made it through
Didn't know how lost we were
Until we found you:
The Laundromat!
Like a student
washing for the very first time
Like a student
washing for the very first time
Like a student
When your drum beats (and the dryer spins)
Next to us
(based on Like a virgin by Madonna...)
THAT'S a public laundromat??? That alone is enough to make me want to move to Germany!
ReplyDeleteI have used a laundromat now and then when traveling, or for large items, but gads- that place is beautiful and bright and clean! Not better than having a w/d at your lodgings, but an impressive place nonetheless!
We also used self serve laundries only randomly when traveling as most facilities (campgrounds or hotels) had their own washing machines.
Delete60km to the nearest laundromat! Oh well, a good reason for a road trip. I would echo Martha's shock at the cleanliness.
ReplyDeleteThe area is beautiful, and the road trip actually quite lovely.
DeleteSounds like a business op to me! Don't young boys need a place to bring skunk-fouled clothes in when no one is around?? (I was there once and saw/smelled....)
ReplyDeleteThem boys do what generations before them have done: they bring there stinky stuff back home to their moms.
DeleteI would love to know what made you move to the middle of nowhere - coming from a city like Vancouver this must be quite a different daily life. Good luck to both of you, hope you will find a nice place to live. Greetings from Munich (next laundry in 100 meters).
ReplyDeleteWe have lived in urban as well rural places before so the Black Forest nothing completely unfamiliar to us.
DeleteThe main reason was to be closer to our aging parents, and they are now just 3 to 4 hours away by train or car instead of an ocean and a continent away. Thanks for the wishes!
Well, it's not that we had much of a choice and washing pants and shirts by hand wasn't an option (for me!). It was either that or waiting another two weeks until our next "home run".
ReplyDeleteAn Ex-boss of mine spends time in Germany ( his wife's family is there ) and he found the biggest surprise to him was how difficult everyday things were; things that we take for granted in Canada.
ReplyDeleteDave on the 'Wet' Coast (beautiful and sunny today!)
We found it the other way round as well. Many things in Canada are much more convenient, and services are usually better and faster in the land of the maple leaf.
Deleteyes, some things you do not know before you need them ;-). In Berlin we had a lot of Laundromats, but in the more rural areas it is a challenge finding one. How is it going with finding an own place? Cross my fingers.
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