New Home

After nearly one month of red tape, we are finally residents with an apartment to call our own. We weren't sure this day would come. Really. The details are boring and I can't bear to relive them anyway, however, we ended up in an amazing spot with a million-dollar view of the ocean and mountains (see above).

Wanting to do the urban thing, we chose a high-rise in a downtown Florianopolis neighborhood called Agronomica. We are in the heart of the city's hustle and bustle and within walking distance of everything, which is good because our car is still en route, along with our furniture (see above).

We moved out of the hotel two days ago, and although it sucks to push our own elevator buttons and open our own doors, we're starting to feel more settled already. We're working on doing all things that need to be done in a new place and it's definitely different here than in the U.S. When we tried to order Internet, one company told us they already had enough business in our area and maybe in April they could provide us service. Luckily another company hooked us up and so this blog will live on.

We really love our apartment, and even though it is an apartment, it's the largest home we've ever been in. It's older, which means it came with bedroom closets, and kitchen and bathroom cabinets, sinks, and counter tops. We looked at one brand new apartment without any of these things in the kitchen. We asked when they would be installed and were told when we buy them and put them in. Another semi-new apartment, didn't have bathroom counter tops, sinks, showers, toilets, etc. We asked another place if they would install these things if we paid higher rent, but this ridiculous request was denied. Thankfully in this apartment we just had to get appliances, which was surprisingly easy because stores here don't have the selection of those in the states. All we had to do was measure the space and buy the one appliance that would fit.

The rest of July is all about getting settled before our household goods arrive at the end of August. Geoff and I start classes at the university at the beginning of August and Eri starts preschool. In between now and then we head to Chile for a week and a half to visit our friends from Kansas City, Scott and Molly, who are living temporarily in Santiago. We can hardly wait for the reunion.