Moving Madness

Wow, long time no blog.  I have an excuse though.  We've been in the midst of moving from our temporary apartment to our real apartment, and we have been without Internet for a week or so. Finally we are starting to feel somewhat settled into our new place, but not without a few hiccups along the way...

Foreign Appliances

The first time I used our fancy washer/dryer combo unit it began to, as the manual describes, "wander" during the spin cycle.  By "wander" I mean violently bang back and forth against the kitchen cabinets while making a run for it across the kitchen floor.  I was frantically trying to find the English portion of the instruction manual to figure out how to turn it off, while in my head I had visions of  the kitchen cabinets crashing to the floor.  Thankfully yesterday the repair guy came to fix our unleveled and poorly secured machine.  Wish me luck as I attempt to do laundry today.

The next time your Swiss Washer/Dryer tries to escape, remember  "Aus" means off.

Foreign Bed Linen

Who would have thought that bed linens would become my new nemesis.  Here in Switzerland mattresses do not come in Full/Queen/King.  They come in 140x200 cm, 160x200 cm, etc.  You would think if you have a 140x200 cm mattress, that the 140x200 cm bed sheet and duvet would fit. Think again.  When you come to visit us yuh gotta love the one you're with and snuggle up close if you want your fair share of that duvet, because it barely reaches the edge of the bed.  And too late, no way am I returning to the black hole that is Ikea to exchange them for the next size up. 

Even Mya is confused

Hiccups aside, we really do love our new apartment.  It's not fully set up yet, but by popular demand I am posting the tour of our place.  No judgement on interior design; I'm not finished!

Alp view if you stick your head out the window and lean over.  I had to make the picture X-Large so you could see them :).

  Guest Room (pictured above)

Master Bedroom

Notice  our 160x200 cm bed has a duvet that is literally 160x200 cm.  Why?

 

View from Master bedroom.  You can also have the same "Alp view" as the Guest room by leaning out the window (the rooms are on the same side of the apartment).

Living Room

Our cable kicks in this Friday, and I am very excited to watch some English speaking shows.  Good thing I like British television because there aren't any American channels.

Mya enjoying our chaise lounge sofa.  The view from here is the same as the Master and Guest rooms, as all three rooms are on the same side of the apartment.

Kitchen

Look at space!  Massive improvement from our tiny Manhattan kitchen.  Perfect for all those home cooked meals I'll be making for my new job as a Hausfrau.

My favorite part of the kitchen.  Our espresso machine.  We could open up our own coffee shop with this bad boy and give Oslo (our favorite coffee house in NYC) a run for their money.  All we need is some hipster clothes from Urban Outfitters, learn the difference between a latte and a cappuccino, and we'll be good to go.

Office/2nd Guest Room

The sofa folds out into a bed.  The office portion of the room will be across from the sofa once our Mac and printer arrive from our NY shipment (expected end of November)

Check out the view.  This is the view from the office/2nd guest room, kitchen, and bathroom as they're all on the same side of the apartment.  Too bad the layout isn't reversed.  Wouldn't this be an awesome living room view?

Bathroom

Mya enjoying the best view in the apartment...from the bathroom

Terrace

View during snow fall we had last week

...I'm having trouble uploading this video, and have to wait for Kevin to come home to help. To be continued...