WE GOT AN APARTMENT!

As I mentioned in the previous post, we finally managed to find a nice apartment. It was a crazy transition, moving from a tiny 12 m2 room we shared the first two weeks to this ‘huge’ apartment with several rooms, a spacious and bright living room, a balcony –finally!- and an insanely awesome kitchen. And I have pictures! 

Moving day

The moving day was both stressful and strangely relaxed. The stressful part was that we did not know when we would get the key and whether the owner was able to move out already on the first of November. Since we didn’t really have another place to stay, it was important for us to move in that same day. We finally made a deal: we could get the keys the same day, but not earlier than 8 o’clock in the evening. We already had to be out of our room, since there was a new renter coming in. The only thing we could do was to wait a while in the living room of the previous flat. With all our suitcases. It looked pretty ridiculous. 

Moving our stuff, on the other hand, was beyond easy. It was the most relaxed move ever. All we had to do was to roll our suitcases to the metro and sit in it for twenty minutes, surrounded by all our stuff. We were being looked at by two Spanish ladies, disapproving of the space we took up. I was sharing my chair with a small suitcase and was already sitting quite uncomfortably, but they had to add that “In Spain, we do not put suitcases on chairs. We put them on the floor.” Ignoring the fact that the floor in front of me was already taken by 4 suitcases…

A few stops later, we were there and we only needed to walk a few minutes to our building. Finally, after sharing a teeny tiny room for two weeks, we had our own apartment again! And a really really great apartment! There was a enough space in the living room for a few happy dances :-) 

Sneak peek into the apartment

So, I’ll give you guys a little tour of the apartment. 

After the entry hall, where we have a lot of space to store shoes (we don’t even have that many yet), you’ll see this hall way that is connected to all of the rooms. On the left, a small room with a huge closet (again, I don’t own not enough clothes to fill it with yet) and a desk with a view. 

On the right, our living room, connected to the balcony. I love it so much! I also love that we finally have a nice floor. Although the floor in our last apartment was also quite practical (dark blue carpet: when you spilled anything, even red wine, it would just disappear. Perfect for parties). 

Some good luck and Dutch spirit! 

First breakfast on our balcony 

Our couch, it’s so comfortable. Once you sit in this corner, it’s very hard to get out. 

Next: our kitchen. It’s insane. It has everything, even a dish washer and a monster fridge/freezer combination. And again too much space for stuff we don’t have… yet ;)

The green color on the walls however reminds me a lot of the one I chose for my room when I was thirteen… 

View from the kitchen. 

These picture frames came with the house. I don’t mind :-)

All that is left is our bedroom, bathroom and an extra room with a huge closet (which, again, is still quite empty).

Some views in the evening: 

(Un)fortunately, we live right across a churreria. This weekend, Chris and I had our first churros ever. And they are a-ma-zing. So good. Next week, we’re going to try the chocolate covered ones (because fried dough with sugar just isn’t unhealthy enough).
 

So crunchy… mmm…

That was it for today! Tonight we’re going to Ikea again to get a coffee table and, if I can find them, dish washing brushes! (Because they don’t seem to sell them ANYWHERE here!)

¡Hasta luego!