Apartment Hunting.102

Well, we're not done yet! Tomorrow morning, we will revisit 2 properties we have already seen as a final run through before we make the offer. Of course when we make the offer and it's accepted, there's no turning back. So we want to be sure. This has not been....fun, just another one of those "gotta do it" things in life. Our current lease on the temporary apaertment runs out on the 24th, so a decision has to be made soon as it takes 2 weeks for the paper work to go through. Once we are settled, I'll be able to stop my whining...at least about apartment searches. I'll find something else to moan about, I'm sure. Seriously, it will be nice to be in the long term place. Just hope it's the one we have our eye on!

Finally got a new stereo in this place! Still waiting on the part to fix the jacuuzi tub in the master bath. We have been in here since mid December and I told them about these things within the first couple of days. From what I'm told though, the Dutch don't move too fast, so I guess we're doing good to have music and hot bubbles in the bath before we leave here.

Went food shopping...another observation. They have not embraced plastic as much as the US has. Packaging has a considerable glass and metal presense here. It's good for the recycling that they do, but it sure makes your grocery bag weigh a ton! When was the last time you saw fruit juice in a can? One monthly trip to Sam's weighs as much as a day trip to the store here! And I wonder if the transportation of the added weight adds to the air pollution. Don't see where they do too much plastic recycling here.

Radhika's friend from boarding school is coming in from London on Friday night. Saturday, we're taking the Ford on our first long distance trip to Brugge, Belgium. Look it up on the net. It's a beautiful city. We did take the car out once already to Volendam which is about 30 minutes north of Amsterdam. It's in an earlier post. We'll be staying the night in Brugge, and leaving the next morning to drop Dimple off at the Amsterdam airport for her trip back to London. She has a Canon 30D, so we'll do some shooting, I'm sure. So, come back soon to see what's new, and I should have pictures up from Brugge. Don't get too pissed off Rose! And I have new images, and made changes to my website, so check that out as well instead of playing solitaire or whatever it is you're doing instead of work (like reading this post?). Later!