It is true that life is good in Switzerland, but there are some things you just can't escape... laundry being one of those things. Our apartment building has a washer and drier shared by 6 flats. We are all assigned a day - The Sofields get the laundry room from 6 pm on Monday until 6 pm on Tuesday (I am always thankful we didn't get the Saturday assignment - we would never have clean clothes). To use the washer and drier, we have an electronic key that is inserted into a reader (right most box on the above picture) - this keeps track of how much electricity The Sofields use for laundry (we think we are billed later for this... bills in Switzerland could be a whole series of blog posts). In reality, it is nice to just have 1 day for laundry - it somehow seems more manageable...for example, you know what day you'll run out of underwear , or how many more times you have to re-wear your pants,or when new matched socks will show up. We'll see if we can implement this 1 day of laundry in our Bellingham home...
The other nice thing is that we also have a drying room. You can tell this system has been well thought out. For every one laundry room, there are two drying rooms, so you can use your drying room for 2 days. The room has a heater and a window, with clothes line strung up across the room. Works like a charm to dry clothes and save on electricity...
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