Laundry Day

We finally got our dryer (no more clothes dryer rack) and since we haven't heard from the electrician again, Bernhard from Mr Lodge came over and brought an extension cord that looks like a computer surge protector and plugged the washer and dryer into the same outlet.  Should work if we don't use both at the same time.  That was the easy part.  Now we are ready to wash and dry clothes.  The controls for the washer and dryer are below (click on image for larger view):

Dryer Control Panel

Washer Control Panel

Not exactly what we are used to at home.  We did get manuals, the washer had a poorly translated English version, but the Dryer was all in German.  After some searching on the internet, we were able to find an English version of the manual for a similar unit available in Australia.  That helped a lot.  We still haven't figured out how to get some loads of clothes completely dry.  All in all it works pretty well.  The washer takes about 2 hours for a load and the dryer takes over 2 and a half hours.  Not speedy like we are used to, and there are miscellaneous filters to clean and water tray to empty, but we are happy to not have our living room be a drying room.

We found the English language Cinema near the Hauptbahnhof, and went to a movie,  The price for the ticket and popcorn are about the same as in the states.  The theater is very comfortable and larger than we had thought it would be.  We saw The Dictator with Sasha Beren Cohen.  Predictable Cohen.  We had a nice time.  Also it is near the Loewenbrau Brewery, so next time if the weather is nice we may stop off to prepare for the long walk home.

Denise's sister and Ginny are coming today for a few days.  The weather doesn't look too good, all of our sunnny warm days got used up in May.  Guess we will have to spend more time in the Biergartens, museums, palaces, Biergartens, and shopping. (Sat June 2)