Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Home Sweet Home

Ross & I have a place to live! It's a very small two-room apartment in what (everyone tells us) is a great neighborhood. Location was much more important us than size, anyway. There was another place that was very big, and inexpensive, but everyone told us it was in the "drug neighborhood". When we checked out the neighborhood on our bikes, there were tons of art galleries, and small grocers. It was so cute and I thought it looked great! But there was also some broken glass on the street (from what I assumed was from car windows), something we didn't see anywhere else in the city. It was a tricky decision because we know that there are some "drug neighborhoods" in Vancouver that are perfectly safe and great to live in. And there are some that are anything but. In the end, we decided that since we're in a foreign country, paying more for a great neighborhood is like investing in insurance, and peace of mind for our loved ones (we did it for you, Mom.)

Our address is:
2e Schuytstraat, 1e voor
2517 XC Den Haag
Nederlands


After Ross & I found an apartment, we made a journey out to the IKEA in Delft. It turns out that IKEA in Holland is the same as IKEA in Canada; exhausing, overwhelming, long, and leaves me craving a hot dog. But all is good, we have a place to live, stuff to put in it, and it's being delivered in September. So, we decided to jaunt off on our holiday, and are currently in Paris.

3 comments:

3 Column Grid said...

1) Expect mail. (REAL mail)

2) I'm going to email you a google map of that chinese food place in Paris!

Anonymous said...

SAY HELLO TO CLEMENT FOR ME IN PARIS.

Trung misses you.

-Ginger

Anonymous said...

Hiya!

I googled your address and some nice apartments came up. I've been putting off planning school stuff so I check your blog a couple times a day hoping for an update. Enjoy your vacation!

Linds