is a very, very, very fine house. With 12 cows in the yard...
Kyllburgerstrasse 1AOrsfeld, Germany
Driving by on the main street (it's a whole 2-lanes wide), most people
around here don't even know that Orsfeld exists. My brother lived in a village 5 minutes past ours and drove by our street (twice each day going to work and back) and never knew Orsfeld ever existed until we moved there. Matt and I like to think of our little farming town as a little secret. It's chock full of locals who have lived here since birth and who will eventually die here, lots of stray cats, and a volatile manure odor in the spring, summer, and fall when the farmers are out spreading the fields with the poo they have collected in their barns. You have to give it to them for being 'organic' though!
around here don't even know that Orsfeld exists. My brother lived in a village 5 minutes past ours and drove by our street (twice each day going to work and back) and never knew Orsfeld ever existed until we moved there. Matt and I like to think of our little farming town as a little secret. It's chock full of locals who have lived here since birth and who will eventually die here, lots of stray cats, and a volatile manure odor in the spring, summer, and fall when the farmers are out spreading the fields with the poo they have collected in their barns. You have to give it to them for being 'organic' though! On the right is a picture of our street, Kyllburgerstr, covered in snow.
Here's our lovely house in Germany. We live in a small village called Orsfeld (population 150), about 20 kilometers from base. We don't have a very typical German house, as it's HUGE, has a 2-car garage, and is a stand alone home...we both agree that this house is the largest house the two of us will ever live in for a long while--it's around 3,000 square feet. Most homes here are row houses or old barn homes. As you can see, our house is pretty new. It was built in 2001 and we're the second people to live in it. Despite the 'terra cotta sunrise' hue of the outside, we love everything about our house.
The best part of the house is that there are 2 kitchens. That means 2 stovetops and 2 ovens for me, so I'm in heaven! We live in one of the best houses on the German economy and are so blessed to have been given the opportunity to live in it. We love all the space (except when it's time to clean it) but can't figure out why the Germans haven't figured out that the modern world has invented Air Conditioning!
We live next to our landlord, Herr Begon, a farmer, and his family, which includes lots of dairy cows. Despite all the flies, I love the cows and have named each of them. They let me pet them, so there's always constant entertainment at our house, especially after we mow the lawn.
