Our apartment was a 45 minute metro ride from the church. Sometimes Pres. Reese would make several trips in one day. We started thinking that it might be a good idea to move closer to the church and the next thing you know - we are packing! Senior missionaries have lived in this apartment for 10 years and had accumulated a lot of stuff! We sorted through things, boxed up things, got rid of some things and on the last Saturday in October we had our 8 missionaries come over and help load up the truck. We were out of this apartment and into our new one in under 2 hours! We have trained these missionaries to be excellent Elders Quorum movers! Here is E. Reese packing up in the old apartment.
This is the entrance of our new apartment - the mirrors are the doors of a huge closet - storage area. To the left are the 2 doors to the office and bedroom and further down that hall is the bathroom.
To the right and behind me is the kitchen. We are the first people to live here, so everything is new. In the far cornor is my washing machine. The far side is a glass window and door that opens out to the balcony. I love all the light! There is also a table and 4 chairs here - lots of room to cook.
To the right of the entrance hall in our living room - it is HUGE. It has a navy blue leather couch, love seat and chair - it so reminds me of my old couches! We also have a nice dining room table in here that opens up enough to hold all the missionaries - we'll test that out on Thanksgiving! Again, lots of window and a door that opens to another balcony.
This is our office, where we spend most of our time. We just got the internet working (after 2 LONG weeks!) and are back to work. This apartment is on the cold side - so notice the heater between the 2 desks.
And here is our lovely bedroom - they have since brought us nice end tables to replace the cardboard boxes! Built into the wall is a nice closet, shelves and lots of storage room. Behind the curtain is another window and door to another balcony!
The bathroom is nice - now that we have a shower curtain and have figured out how to work the water. It is always a challenge when you are the first ones in to get all the 'bugs' worked out. We are in the nice neighborhood of Ortachella. The store is accross the street and the buses and marshutkas are close. It takes us 20 minutes to walk to church - which we do whenever we can because it is good exercise. We are a 5 minute taxi ride away. Our next goal is to figure out where all the buses go!
This is the entrance of our new apartment - the mirrors are the doors of a huge closet - storage area. To the left are the 2 doors to the office and bedroom and further down that hall is the bathroom.
To the right and behind me is the kitchen. We are the first people to live here, so everything is new. In the far cornor is my washing machine. The far side is a glass window and door that opens out to the balcony. I love all the light! There is also a table and 4 chairs here - lots of room to cook.
To the right of the entrance hall in our living room - it is HUGE. It has a navy blue leather couch, love seat and chair - it so reminds me of my old couches! We also have a nice dining room table in here that opens up enough to hold all the missionaries - we'll test that out on Thanksgiving! Again, lots of window and a door that opens to another balcony.
This is our office, where we spend most of our time. We just got the internet working (after 2 LONG weeks!) and are back to work. This apartment is on the cold side - so notice the heater between the 2 desks.
And here is our lovely bedroom - they have since brought us nice end tables to replace the cardboard boxes! Built into the wall is a nice closet, shelves and lots of storage room. Behind the curtain is another window and door to another balcony!
The bathroom is nice - now that we have a shower curtain and have figured out how to work the water. It is always a challenge when you are the first ones in to get all the 'bugs' worked out. We are in the nice neighborhood of Ortachella. The store is accross the street and the buses and marshutkas are close. It takes us 20 minutes to walk to church - which we do whenever we can because it is good exercise. We are a 5 minute taxi ride away. Our next goal is to figure out where all the buses go! 
The new apartment is beautiful! Everything looks so nice and new! I love all the windows and light. I LOVE the curtains in the office-fancy! The living room looks so big! The floors are all hard-wood-was it that way in the old apartment too? Area rugs might help keep things warmer. How tall is the building? What floor are you on? Is there an elevator?
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are moved and I'm REALLY glad you are connected again to the world!
wow, a new apartment!!! where is it? i have no idea where ortachella is...it looks lovely tho!
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