Apartment, Sweet Apartment

The day is finally here- we got the keys to our apartment! After the stress of moving out of Portland, four weeks of staring at each other in hotel rooms, three transatlantic flights, and figuring out a new city and country, we've (miraculously) managed not to kill each other, or even to 'accidentally' bump the other into a canal. Though it's been close....

Anyway, here's the new apartment. We love the kitchen and the bathroom. The living room and bedroom are fairly standard. Erika is not thrilled with the decor, so that'll be changing... soon. And the location is just about perfect. We're 15 minutes from Erika's office and a quick bike ride or 10 minute walk to the canal ring, where all the action is. We will actually move in over the weekend. After that, we're ready for guests, so start booking those tickets now.

The view from our "French" balcony. That means Tiny balcony. Still, it's a nice quiet street, lined with trees, and the end of the block leads to the main city park, Vondelpark. Not bad.

Our kitchen, full of light, with a lot of space. We've got a dishwasher, a fairly large fridge and freezer, and a cool looking stove. You'll notice there's no oven under that stove. That's because we have what is called a 'combi,' which is supposed to mean 'a combination oven and microwave' but really means 'microwave.'

The living room/dining room. Not as large as we'd like, but bright and bookended with balconies for lots of light and a nice breeze. Those dining room chairs are probably the first things to go...

This is the laundry room/closet, or as we call it, The Jane Wing of our apartment. Jane, if you want more chocolate phallus, you've got to come get it.