Bring on the visitors!

We have a place to house anyone that comes to visit! James and I signed a lease to a flat this morning! It was kind of a rush job, but staying in a hostel is expensive, and we had been browsing ads online for nearly a year, so we knew what kind of price range to expect. We had heard good things about this area, and I got the okay from the employees at Protocol (the agency I'm working through) so we jumped at it. It is about a 20 minute walk from the downtown core. We have a Tesco Express (a tiny supermarket) about a 5 minute walk away, so we can get fresh food daily. This is nice, as we have only a bar fridge, and no freezer. We also have virtually no cupboard space, so close groceries are good.

We bought a few things today to make the flat livable. We have an air mattress, which we will hopefully replace with a real bed and keep for visitors. We also bought some dishes, sheets and a duvet cover. We are trying to buy the least possible, both because we are not yet working, and because we found out at the end of last year how hard it is getting rid of a flat full of STUFF. The less we buy, the less we need to deal with then.

We had quite the adventure cooking our first supper in the flat. We set off the heat detector 3 times (I learnt that the trick is not to reset it, but just switch it to mute) and the smoke detector 5 times. It was an adventure.

Hopefully we will get some pictures taken tomorrow to post and show you where we are living. Right now, we have too much stuff everywhere to take pictures.

We also spent time tonight laughing at this. You should go check it out.