Saturday, March 3, 2012

Ick-eah (this is really the way Germans pronounce it!)

Yes, much to der Junge's chagrin there is an IKEA! So the last time we went to IKEA der Junge made me promise that he would not have to accompany me to IKEA for one year.  Well folks, it is about 1 year later...
So I really enjoy IKEA, for me it is like being inside a 3-D version of an HGTV day-long marathon.  You can go from room to room and imagine having your house set up like that.  This is exactly the reason der Junge hates IKEA.  It is very much a day-long event.  This time however, since we don't have a car yet, and the IKEA is in the next town (45 minutes away), we rented a car.  We rented a manual (on purpose!) so that der Junge could practice driving in preparation for buying one.  (Automatic cars are frowned upon here and impossible to come by.  I don't understand it.)  And I need to mention that also der Junge has only driven a manual car once and that was about 10 years ago and apparently not a confidence-boosting experience...  I will leave that story for him to tell... :)
So I, of course, took pictures to document the whole event:
yes, we were given a Chevy (how American can you get!)
can you feel the tension?
we made it!
Except being Saturday, the Holy day of shopping in Germany, the place was jam packed and we had to find parking... not der Junge's strong suit with a manual car! We had to go through the round-about in the entrance twice because there were pedestrians crossing and it was either go through the round-about or take out a family of 4.  We went through the round-about.
many hours later...

not impressed
Yay!!! (well from my perspective anyway!)
Now our return home.... the adventure continues
the flag says it all.  we are home, we made it, victory is ours!
Later that night I asked which is worse, IKEA or driving a manual?
I did not get an answer...


1 comment:

  1. Ha, I know about Brian,s first drive with a manual stick. Good decision to keep in the round about! IKEA....for the renaissance man!

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