Our New Home!

Sorry for the delay in posting, but we have been very busy moving into our new apartment and running errands like crazy! We officially moved in on Tuesday. Our apartment is in a great spot, right in the heart of Schwabing, one of the nicest areas of the city. We also are very close to many of our friends. Our landlords are German, but they spent five years living in London, so they speak great English and are very friendly.

The move itself was fairly easy, as all we brought with us was clothing mostly. The rest of our belongings are en route from Philadelphia as we speak. We hope to have them arrive in Munich in a few weeks. The apartment is fully furnished, so we do have a couch to sit on, a bed to sleep on, and a table to eat at. It was nice to move into an apartment that was live-in ready, but we're not crazy about the living room furniture (see photos below), so we have ordered some different furniture from IKEA. It should be arriving around August 27th. We'll post more photos of the apartment once we get our furniture in it. So for now, please do not judge too harshly, as we did not choose the red sofa or any of the other living room furniture. We will also need to replace the bedding with our own, add another wardrobe, add our own pictures, paintings, finishing touches, etc. So it is a work in process. But, it's our new home here in Munich and we love it!

Our building

The kitchen

Hallway

Bedroom

Bathroom

And the living room...Remember, red couch and other furniture is GOING. haha

It's really nice to be in an apartment as opposed to a hotel. It really makes the move feel "real." But getting everything that we need is pretty all-consuming. However, doing this in Germany has it's perks... For example, when we rented a car to go out to IKEA, they gave away our original car so they let us take this one instead...

Matt was super pumped! But sadly, at the end of the day, we had to give it back. And instead, purchase these sweet rides...

Of course, we got matching ones. We didn't intend for it, but the guy at the bike shop said they were great bikes, both the guy's and the girl's version. So we got both. We just got back from a ride up to Olympiapark and we are very satisfied. Though that BMW would be pretty great...

So that's what we've been up to the past week. Hope everyone is doing great back in the States! Talk to you all soon.

Cheers,
Matt and Kristin