We thought this was noteworthy because of the unusual location for mixing the cookies...and because we figured out the oven. One of the ovens in our hotel (we have 2 rooms) has very clear temperature markings, but about 7 different settings that seem to turn the oven on. After fiddling with it we couldn't tell the difference between them, but none of them seemed to actually produce enough heat. The second oven has nearly unreadable temps, but only one off/on switch. We opted to try that one and produced cookies that we all pronounced good! Hooray for cookies! Although I may have to get a different cookie sheet. A small one barely fits vertically in the oven...leaving a lot of unused space around the edges. I saw some that were more square...
I'm using my first European appliance -- a hand mixer that runs on 220 voltage! It's surprisingly powerful for such a little thing. The reason for my strange location is that that was the only unused plug in the kitchen. Crazy things...like stoves...plug into regular wall sockets here, so there was no outlet for my mixer!
We're still figuring out the whole electric conversion for things. Our hair dryer, curling irons and flat iron are all able to run on American or European wattage, as are the computers and cell phones. These things just require an adapter or 2. An adapter is a little round plastic device that you plug the appliance into and then it fits into the wall. If you have something with three prongs (like the computers) you have to plug into a German adapter first and then plug the German adapter into the Italian adapter. For simpler things (like the curling iron), I can just plug it straight into the Italian adapter and then into the wall. All of our kitchen appliances (except my handy dandy mixer) will probably have to be plugged into a transformer. I haven't seen one yet, but I hear they are large...
I'm using my first European appliance -- a hand mixer that runs on 220 voltage! It's surprisingly powerful for such a little thing. The reason for my strange location is that that was the only unused plug in the kitchen. Crazy things...like stoves...plug into regular wall sockets here, so there was no outlet for my mixer!
We're still figuring out the whole electric conversion for things. Our hair dryer, curling irons and flat iron are all able to run on American or European wattage, as are the computers and cell phones. These things just require an adapter or 2. An adapter is a little round plastic device that you plug the appliance into and then it fits into the wall. If you have something with three prongs (like the computers) you have to plug into a German adapter first and then plug the German adapter into the Italian adapter. For simpler things (like the curling iron), I can just plug it straight into the Italian adapter and then into the wall. All of our kitchen appliances (except my handy dandy mixer) will probably have to be plugged into a transformer. I haven't seen one yet, but I hear they are large...
Just got caught up on your posts (yes, I am slow...) What an adventure! The kids love seeing the pictures of the whole family! We all miss all of you!
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