The first thing we did today (after breakfast) was to drive to OUR house and sign the contract!!! Now, we're officially "housed"! After handing over a big big amount of money to Merlese, OUR Real Estate-Lady, I made a floor plan. Let's sum up the facts of OUR house: 3 bedrooms (one master with ensuite bathroom and two smaller ones) 2 1/2 bathrooms 1 home office 1 big, big, big kitchen with dining and living area (alltogether ca. 48qm) 1 TV room ...

The day started with the very annoying appointment with one of the most unfriendly and ugly persons I learned to know here in Barbados: sorry to say this, but it is a shame that the Republic of Austria has a Honorary Consul in Barbados that really shouldn´t have this job. The "lady" should help me to get some documents from the (real) Austrian Embassy of Barbados, which is in Caracas, Venezuela. I needed them urgently to get my work permit stamped ...

REVEALING THE SECRET! This is our house, located in Shark's Hole, St. Philip, on the South East of Barbados. Approximately 50 m distance to the sea, with a BIG BIG BIG garden around and a very sophisticated neighbourhood. The best of all is the lime tree in the backyard, which is very important for making Cuba Libre haha;) For now, we only can show you outside pictures, but next week we will make some from inside, and I tell you, this house is really BIG with l...

The first half of the day was as "usual": Belinda working until 1:00 pm, Melina and me (Bernd) picking her up. Then we had our first appointment for visiting a house. "Swansea" was located almost on the beach in Hastings, but it was not really suitable to live there all the time. It was a nice beach house, with some serious disadvantages: the kitchen was lowered to fit persons in wheelchairs...Astrid would just scream and run away! And it ha...

This day began like any other since we are here: getting up early and enjoying a nice breakfast. Weather is great with hot temperatures and sky almost without clouds. Melina and I had some english lessons together, she was pretty good!!! Afterwards we planned to go shopping because Bernd only brought sneakers and elegant shoes, so he definately need some flip-flops (the first ones in his life). We drove to Lazy Days, my favourite surf clothes shop in Barbados, ...