We Did It!

We signed a lease on Tuesday! Hooray! It's not quite finished, because we have to go meet with the management company to pay the deposit and then we meet with the housekeeper to get the keys and such, but fingers-crossed we did it! We're lucky enough to have had 2 choices of apartments with people that wanted us to sign. We picked the one that's a little bigger, has better storage, and is less expensive. The other choice was brand new, near a great park, and higher end. We'll let everyone know the address once we've moved in, hopefully the first week of December. This all depends on when our container is here and available for delivery. As of yesterday it's supposed to arrive on the 27th so hopefully we can get it delivered on the 4th!

Next hurdle is figuring out internet, cat sitter for Christmas, washing machine, living room furniture, etc. I walked around IKEA for a few hours yesterday being inspired but we'll need to wait to order things until we get a better sense of the space and what we're missing. This is especially true of the kitchen as it's small but there's a perfect space for some kind of island.

We've had some cooler weather the past few days with more rain and wind. It rains everyday but not all day. As I type there's rain lashing the windows and wind howling outside. Nothing we can't handle though! I start my German class on Tuesday! Yikes. In the meantime I'm off to Amsterdam for Campsterdam 2015!! Ruby is flying home from Africa with an overnight in Amsterdam so Kate and I are going today for some extra touring time and Dag and Ruby will join us on Saturday for one night! Can't wait to see the city and it will be so nice to spend time with some of my closest friends!

Construction of a Christmas Market outside the town hall.

The Christmas markets might be open by the time I get back to Hamburg and the weather is supposed to turn colder and stay that way soon so it'll be perfect timing for Glühwein! :)