The Big Move

Well finally last week we moved into our new apartment or flat as they like to call it over here. I had no problems staying at Mr. Kott’s summer home but it is nice to have your own space, granted I will miss the English HBO channels as I was able to catch up on some of my movies. We were told that we would have a three bedroom flat, well that was not the case...we have one bedroom. Not ideal for three people. I was pretty disappointed upon hearing this, but felt a little better once I saw the place. It has just been completely renovated, so we are in a brand new place, new kitchen bathroom, etc. From that stand point it is fantastic. It was pretty much furnished as it would be for two people, a queen size bed (European Standards), some living room furniture, table and chairs, etc. Probably the most exciting feature about the flat was that we got a dishwasher. After three years, I will finally not have to wash dishes...yes I know I’ve had a hard life. Hehe. Although by North American Standards the dishwasher is super small. Mr. Kott gave his daughter, Bara, a bunch of money that we could use to help furnish our flat. So the next natural step in that process was to head out to Ikea. I must say that I had a blast shopping through Ikea picking out my bed, bed frame, sheets, dishes and so on. I am completely in love with Ikea after that shopping trip.

The next couple of days were spent setting up our furniture, and going to the huge Tesco which would be about the equivalent to a huge Superstore or SuperWalmart to finish shopping for our household items aka coffee machine, kettle etc. I brought along a tin of Tim Horton’s so it was pretty sweet to finally have a cup of that. Our apartment is still not set up completely. We are missing two mattresses, and have two temporary ones at the moment. Chelsea and I are sharing a room and could still use a big armoire. Apparently they don’t know what closets are over here. Even in Mr. Kott’s nice summer house, there were no closets, just big dressers and armoires. Sara is out in the living room, so with an armoire and some curtains it should work to have a make shift room. Internet and cable are supposed to come this week, but we’ll see about that. Luckily about 2 blocks away is an Internet cafe that has WiFi so that’s where I’ve been checking up on emails and such. Things are slowly coming together, but it seems as though they are on a different time line then we are back in North America, aka I’m still missing a washing machine. So hopefully this week all the pieces will come together.