For a house-proud person, I imagine completing a chore takes on a different perspective. In itself it doesn’t lack importance, or purpose. Once completed, it enhances the living space and with it, the occupier’s satisfaction.
That’s not to say that a person who hates chores, can’t be house-proud too.
There are some chores you expect to take with you on a MOHO trip. Others are best left at home waiting. We had to pay a fee before we could complete today’s chore and then it didn’t even warrant a discount!
On route to Knaus Camping Park in Bad Dürkheim, we stop off at Schloss Stolzenfels. One of the prettiest castles in Germany.
Bavaria, is full of pretty castles. AKA Scloss’s (?) It’s probably the main reason why we’re down here. Problem is, after today’s visit we’ve now come to realise they are all ‘up there’. Up, meaning nowhere to park within a kilometre, leaving the one in five slope the only option. By the time we reach the pay kiosk we’ve developed hooves, grown a goaty (suits me more than Mrs S) and are almost overcome with a desire to head-butt the but of the person in front.
Although we’re upside, there’s a downside. Visits are by tour guide only. In German. We enter to find the wooden floor gleaming with a high sheen. We quickly find out why. Polishing slipper overshoes provided to all who enter. Presumably they get a lot of Sasquatch visiting!
After an hour of German “gobblydegook”, we exit feeling more sloshed than Schlossed, but at least with the satisfaction of completing a job well done.