As I mentioned before, I am trying to add some extras to my blog to help those near where I live know some tips...
We are a military family stationed in Germany. This is our 3rd week here.
If you are military, you may know that when you PCS (permanent change of station-i.e. move to a different base) you have a limited time to stay in the base hotel before being made to move out. But, where do you go if you have not secured a home? Or, where do you go if you have secured a place to live, but it is not ready for you to move into?
This is the place that we are at in our transition from moving from the states to overseas. We were blessed to find a fantastic house our first weekend of house hunting and were able to sign a German contract on it to rent it. BUT, we aren't able to move into it until the beginning of June. Our 2 weeks in the base hotel was almost up so where were we supposed to go in the interim?
Well, there is a fabulous place in a village called Speicher called The Wiedenhof Palace (pronounced Veedenhof).
It is a place that offers fully furnished small apartments. We are a family of 4 having to stay in a one bedroom apartment here at the Wiedenhof. It is small, but functional and the staff is great. They speak pretty good English and supply all linens to you, there is a laundry room in the basement for tenants to use, a small playground for the kiddos to play on, and an in house Greek restaurant.
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| The Wiedenhof playground |
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| The attached Greek restaurant. Open for lunch and dinner |
They also have rooms that allow pets and there is a wonderful field and picnic area as well.
So, if you find yourself in the situation we were in and need a place to stay, the Wiedenhof Palace is an option. You can pick up one of there pamphlets at the base housing office.
Their website is: www.wiedenhof-palace.com
Hope this is helpful to any newcomers or travelers.
(I was told there is also a place similar in Bitburg called the Eifel- if I can find out more about it I'll post it).
(I was not paid or asked to endorse the Wiedenhof)
Heya i'm for the first time here. I found this board and I find It really useful & it helped me out a lot. I hope to give something back and aid others like you helped me.
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I'm so glad you found it helpful. I'm hoping some of the information I post on here will be beneficial since we didn't find any information on certain aspects of arriving here. Best of luck and welcome to Germany!:)
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