Today marks 2 weeks in our apartment and 2 more weeks until we get to move to the downstairs apartment. I can hardly wait. Don't get me wrong, it's a pretty good set up, but I just know the downstairs one is going to be a big improvement. Let me take you on a tour:
First know that we are on what to you and me is the third floor, but to the Swiss is the second- deceptive. Thank goodness we can keep the stroller on the front porch. That would be super difficult to haul up and down.
Okay, so here is the view from the front door:
Please note, that I did not pick up for this tour. First, there isn't too many places to put things. And second, no sense giving you a false impression of how we live.
Immediately on the right is the WC (water closet)
First stop on the left is the living room
This doubles as Eli's bedroom- he sleeps through pretty much everything. Windows: In all my trips to Europe, I don't think I've ever seen screens on the windows. Here we have metal roll down shades on the outside of the window. Handy for long summer days. The large window/door leads out to a roof porch, where I hang our laundry.
Just out of this picture on the left is a door leading to the room Jackson and Johanna share. Jo was napping when I did these pics so I didn't get one of their room- it's pretty sparse. They share a bed, there's a table and a wardrobe.
Across the hall from living room is the "master" bedroom
Another European thing: duvets and their covers. A blanket inside a sheet sack basically. Our duvets are in the corner because at this time it was too hot for blankets and there are no other sheets. Really could have used a fan.
Here is our wardrobe- typical European style again- no built in closets.
At the end of the hall is the "spare" room. We keep the toys in here. The couch becomes a bed, if you want to visit in the next 2 weeks.
Opposite this room is the kitchen.disclaimer: This picture was taken right after I made supper. We have to buy special garbage sacks that cost 2chf a bag! This apparently also pays for trash pick up.
Here is our table. We do have 2 more chairs in the kitchen so we can all sit down together. You can see behind Jackson is our bath(ing) room
This is also where I keep the dirty laundry- that would be all the stuff on the floor in the picture.
So concludes the grand tour. I can't wait to show you the next apartment :)
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That looks great! Nice and cozy! Since there's going to be a new apartment, I can't wait to see it too!
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, having all the contacts you can get may be helpful for any/all advice should you need it, I think I mentioned of before, but my coworker, who is native Swiss, has moved back there for a three year stint with out company. They live in Nyon, which may not be close, but the advice is only a phone call a way. And the best part is, they ate extremely nice, helpful people and Murielle speaks fluent Swiss! Let me know if you'd like me to introduce you via email or just pass their information along!
(and apologies for the typos. I'm typing this on my phone and apparently it won't let me edit anything but the last thing I typed! Grr..)