The next sentence: La estancia ha sido estupenda.
The receptionist laughs – “lacht” in German (la) – takes a few branches (“Äste”) and punches (“stanzt”) a sieve out with them that looks wonderfully old (estancia). Then she puts an apple in water until it boils – “siedet” – and puts everything into a tin, a “Dose” (ha sido).
You could eat that at home, she says, in your living room – your “Stube” – which you told her about. That is where the pendulum clock hangs, with a date (“Dattel”) as its pendulum (es estupenda; “essen” means “to eat”).