We Found a "Home" in Homburg

The majority of our week was dedicated to looking for a home - time was running out and extending or finding different temporary housing wasn't an option.  We had seen at least 20 apartments and townhouses by this point, and we knew that an apartment in the city was not going to work.  It didn't take long to figure out that our dogs are not city dogs, the little one is afraid of anything that makes loud noises - it must be tough when the only thing you tower over are insects and dog toys.

Having narrowed our search to just townhouses, we whittled down our options immediately, and only a handful of places remained.  Eventually, we came across a home in the town of Homburg, newly renovated, had a large fenced back yard, plenty of room, and got lots of light - it was perfect.  Our only issue, we struggled to communicate, the Realtor and land lord spoke as much English as we spoke German.  We wanted to express our interest, but struggled to explain that we had a few other appointments to honor - knowing we didn't want to lose this opportunity.  We had already lost out on a home in Waldmohr, where three other people viewed the house and forty minutes after we left, someone had signed the lease.  After visiting the remaining homes, we both knew that we had found our "home" in Homburg.  We called the Realtor and said we were ready to sign a lease as long as we could move in after signing.  It was official, we finally had our new home, "Wo sich Fuchs und Hase 'Gute Nacht!' sagen", where the fox and hare say good night - the English equivalent of, the middle of no where.

There was a few days where we thought, maybe something better could have been out there, but nothing appeared on the AHRN website and we knew that we made the right choice.  The rest of our week was calm and we topped it off by taking the dogs on a hike to Burg Nanstein, the castle that sits atop the hill behind our apartment in Landsthul. The hike was really short in comparison to our experiences in Costa Rica and the trail was ideal for the dogs.  We walked around the castle grounds, took pictures, and stopped to enjoy the view of Landstuhl on a bench next to Burg Schänke, the restaurant adjacent to the castle.  Living in town was a wonderful experience, but we were ready to move out of our cramped apartment and into our new home.

Burg Nanstein

A view of Landstuhl

Wide angle view