Apartment Pictures and what not

Finally getting a chance to post about our new apartment! We were rather lucky in the place that we found. It's a three room place, plus bathroom and kitchen, 84m2, and in a very nice part of town. And there's no Kaution, which in German terms is an extra payment of 2-3 times the price of rent that goes to the rental agency for...well...basically for having the apartment. You don't get it back, and it doesn't do anything. Anyway, big plus to not have to pay it, because that's a lot of money.







We had to get some things from Ikea for the place, like ceiling lights, and bathroom curtain rod, towel racks and whatnot, and we had to repaint most of the rooms, but I think in the end it was worth it. And as I said in my last post, our stuff finally made it here from the US! We've been unpacking and setting up and cleaning and installing and drilling...we're not quite finished yet, but it's pretty close.






A few moving in stories. We were a bit worried beforehand because the stairwell up to our apartment is fairly narrow, so we weren't exactly sure how the movers were going to get our two couches up into the apartment. After a few hours of bustling up and down the stairs, there was a long lull where I didn't hear anything from the movers, so I went into the hallway to see what was going on. One of the movers and Hasan were airborne with the couch halfway in the window - and yes, I do mean airborne, as both pairs of feet were off the ground. A few seconds later, the other mover came sprinting up the stairs, and they managed to pull the couch all the way in. Amazing.








Our other favorite bit was the box that was labeled "pots and pans and martini glasses". Now, to our knowledge, neither Hasan nor I had packed any martini glasses to be shipped here, and by the size of the box, it was going to be a lot of martini glasses. Turned out, it was our wine glass set, but we enjoyed the renaming, and the 007 style it gave us.






It seems like a really big deal to finally have all of our things. Even though we've been in Germany for more than two months now, it's refreshing to have familiar stuff surrounding us. Now, if only we can get the internet to work at our apartment...







Anyway, enjoy the pictures of the place, and ignore the small messes...they'll be cleaned up soon. We're glad to be moved in!