Our good friend Alysa was a super-star and drove us to the airport EARLY in the morning in Vancouver. (Notice her sad face b/c we're leaving!). There is a bit of a story here as she came with me to buy the infamous pink suitcases way back in 2005 when I went to England for the year. She's a GREAT friend!
Andrew patiently waiting for our flight in the beautiful Vancouver airport. Seriously, in which other airport in the WORLD could you quietly wait beside a creek, amongst greenery and totem poles?
Here begins our house tour: this is the kitchen... literally TWICE the size of last year's. Please notice my 4.5 feet of counter space on the right side! Twice as much as last year! Yippee! Andrew and I can happily co-exist in the kitchen without having to do the Tango to get around each other.
This is the guest room/office where you can sleep when you come to visit. The bed is considered a "double" by Chinese standards, but everything is a bit smaller in this country (as per the size of most Chinese people I guess).
Our bathroom: about the same size as the kitchen... it's so big you'd think you were in a real house, not an apartment. For the first time in about 5 years we have a bathroom counter complete with DRAWERS! The laundry washing machine is also in the bathroom. Like our grandma-motif shower curtain? That'll soon be changed!
The master bedroom. If you look closely you can see my stuffed monkey on the left side. Andrew likes to put it into funny positions every day... here he's doing a handstand I think. It makes me laugh. Also attached to our bedroom, we have a big enclosed balcony where we can hang our clothes to dry. Much better than last year where we had so little space in our house that we had to stand the drying rack on TOP of the guest bed to conserve floor space!
Our living room: it has 10-foot ceilings and crown moulding... FANCY! The leather couches are an awkward-mustard color, but very comfy! We have tons of space in here and plan to have plenty of parties.So as you can see, we are really really happy with our new joint. The only two complaints we have are that it still smells a bit smokey (from previous renters I think) and the fact that it backs out onto a busy main road, which makes it a bit noisy. We'll get used to it though.
Hopefully we'll be able to post pics of the new school soon... it's a beauty!
~Team AC
2 comments:
Seriously, my favourite parts about your new house are the shower curtain and the yellow furniture! Embrace it!
I'm glad you could get such a nice place to live! I actully like the romantic look with the rose shower curtain ... such a bright bathroom!
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