Yes you read correctly, I found a flat today. Great location, plenty of natural light, a nice long terrace (getting me a hammock), next to a grocery store and up the street from a hospital!! What more can I ask for oh yeah great space and two bathrooms. One thing I love about it over here is that the water closet (toilet) is in a seperate room with a sink, so its like having two separate bathrooms. The only thing I need to get is a washer and dryer for the unit!! Also a cool rotating parking garage, you push a button on your spot and it lifts one level of cars up to where you are supposed to park. So super excited.
But let me really flash back to the crack of dawn when we got up to start the day- first stop, TB test where jordan cried like someone was trying to kill her. the nurse stabbed her little bony arm to hard and she freaked out.
After a chest xray we were on our way to see the first flat of the day. It was great only the stairs going up were long and winding but the flat itself was rather large and in a great neighborhood.
Shortly after we grabbed a quick bite to eat and then off to see Jordan's school which is located in a historical part of the city and not to mention 5 min walking distance from my job :) . Oh how I love this school. Its a private montesourri school that houses four different languages: english, french, german, and spanish. Jordan will be taking english speaking courses in the morning and German in the afternoon as well as a few moments of french in between. It makes me happy to know she will be soaking up all this knowledge is various languages. The school also has a gym program, art classes as well as a music class where they play the keyboard, guitar and other various music instruments. I would love for her to stay at this school for the next two years, working on it right now since it is a private school.
So after the trip to school we went to view another flat that did not really feel all that great to me. I was not visualizing myself there. So we went to the supermall where I got somethings for jordans school, some lotion, well because i needed some ( my skin gets really dry here) and a Garmin to navigate my way around quickly. The mall has not only clothes, grocery superstore, jewelry stores, music stores,
and appliances to buy for your house as well as a cinema. I know where I will be getting my
washer and dryer from ;)
After that quick stop went drove up to the last flat and I must say that from the moment we walked in I had a great homey feeling. I knew it was the one I could see us living in. I did not take pictures of the inside yet but when I go through the paperwork I will. Renting a flat over here is much like getting a condo. You have to come to an agreement with the landlord, pay deposit and agent fee plus taxes. I
went ahead on jumped on the flat because of the great location and it felt right. The market is so quick here that you literally have to make decisions within a couple of hours of seeing it or you
will lose your chance.
So I made my decision feeling rather good and then it was off to the other Dr appt. We have to have a thorough checkup for the government in order for me to start work and jordan to go to school. I discovered that I would have to start over on my shots since it had been so long in between them so I got a tetnus shot in my hip- ugghh not so bad though. jordan once again freaked out because she thought she was getting shots and I could not make her believe it was just me. geesh you would think that girl had been plagued by tons of shots her whole life, instead of once a year. lol
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