Laundry

We have two washing machine-looking appliances in our bathroom. The man telling Erin how to use them when we checked-in to the apartment on Friday pointed to the top one and said, "I only put that in because a previous tenant wanted it; I never use it." So, that was helpful! He then proceeded to punch bottons at lightning speed while rambling off what "he" finds the most useful settings to be on the washing machine. By the time he left, Erin didn't even know whether that bottom appliance was a washer or a washer/dryer, what they call "combis" over here.

Today we decided to try to do some laundry. Just some towels. It took 45 minutes of looking up things on the internet and searching for a manual before we decided we kind of knew what to do and just pushed some buttons and started the washer. After pushing the start button, John laughed when the LCD screen reported the time remaining to wash this load of laundry: 2 hours, 34 minutes! Wow. John said at this rate the washing machine will be running the entire time we live here. About 20 minutes later, as Erin was cleaning the bathroom, she found the manual for the washer on top of the top machine. The manual stated that the machine is just a washer, no drying (we think). Therefore, the previous tenants must have wanted the top appliance (a dryer) for this very reason. Apparently the owner of the apartment who gave Erin instructions does not dry his clothes in a machine. We decided, after consulting the newly found instructions, that we did just fine.

We just went to check the laundry. During the spin cycle, the machine was spinning so fast, it sounded like it was about to take off. All the spinning must have started drying the towels. They were only damp when we opened the door. Now we're trying out the top dryer. It turned on, so we guess that's a good sign. We'll let everyone know if it turns out well or if we end up with a lot of washcloths rather than full-size towels!