We have had a request to see our apartment and we would both love to show you around our humble abode!
Our f
irst stop is the Kitchen. Do not let this kitchen fool you; even though it looks small it is big enough to make awesome meals! We are both very surprised on how well equipped it is and have fallen in love with the electric tea kettle (we both want one when we get home.) There is no dishwasher (expect for the two of us), which we have actually not missed at all. It kind of goes with the rest of the old fashioned, slower paced life elements of Provence, but on the other hand you do second guess how many dishes you really need when preparing a meal!! Our stove is a small 4 burner gas range and we have a much smaller than normal fridge which is on the opposite wall. The window on the right looks to an awesome old church that rings their bells at various times through out the day. Kathryn really likes the bells. We can also see Mount Sainte-Victoire which the painter Cezanne painted frequently.
Next stop the salon. Our living room is very comfortable, with having a very hard sofa and a very soft sofa. The television is very temperamental and we do not watch it very often at all. And if we do watch television, we have been watching US television over the Internet. We r
eceive a lot of sunshine through the French doors and often we have to shut the shutters because it gets too hot! This is our view through the French doors facing one of the main streets. It is never too loud, but there is a hospital nearby so we hear the occasional siren, which is very different than the States!
This is our infamous flagellating bathroom. It has been quite the joke around her
e. Sometimes the bathroom will just randomly smell really bad (we think that it has something to do with the old plumbing.) But we say that the bathroom has tooted. He try to shut the door, but sometimes it just lurks- We were irritated at first at the smell and tried to put bleach down all the drains and bought air fresheners, but now we have come accustomed to it and just say ‘excuse you!’ and shut the door. This room also has double duty as our laundry room - we are very lucky to have a washer and dryer in our house, it is not very typical at all in France. We do have to pay 1 Euro for each use of the machines. It took a bit to get used to the washer, it only has settings of 1 -7. We still do not know what they all mean, but they told us ‘6’ is the shortest- still taking 45 minutes!! We try not to use the dryer for our clothes, but hang them on a drying rack (where ever we can save money!) But it is funny when we do use it- it goes around about 5 times in one direction. Stops. Then changes directions for 5 more rotations, continually until the clothes dry. Does it work better than the ones back home? Our opinion- nope. 
Our last stop of tour is our bedroom. We started in the back bedroom, but for some reason both of us wanted to switch and we have been much happier. Debbie gets the bed closer to the floor, while Kathryn gets to sleep 6 feet above the floor. As you can see the beds are really small, smaller than a typical twin- this took a bit to get used to. And for this reason Kathryn is glad that her bed has rails. We also love out work so much that we even house books in our room! Because of the limited space this was the only place to put overflow books.
Hope you have enjoyed the tour of our home!
Our f
irst stop is the Kitchen. Do not let this kitchen fool you; even though it looks small it is big enough to make awesome meals! We are both very surprised on how well equipped it is and have fallen in love with the electric tea kettle (we both want one when we get home.) There is no dishwasher (expect for the two of us), which we have actually not missed at all. It kind of goes with the rest of the old fashioned, slower paced life elements of Provence, but on the other hand you do second guess how many dishes you really need when preparing a meal!! Our stove is a small 4 burner gas range and we have a much smaller than normal fridge which is on the opposite wall. The window on the right looks to an awesome old church that rings their bells at various times through out the day. Kathryn really likes the bells. We can also see Mount Sainte-Victoire which the painter Cezanne painted frequently.
Next stop the salon. Our living room is very comfortable, with having a very hard sofa and a very soft sofa. The television is very temperamental and we do not watch it very often at all. And if we do watch television, we have been watching US television over the Internet. We r
eceive a lot of sunshine through the French doors and often we have to shut the shutters because it gets too hot! This is our view through the French doors facing one of the main streets. It is never too loud, but there is a hospital nearby so we hear the occasional siren, which is very different than the States!This is our infamous flagellating bathroom. It has been quite the joke around her
e. Sometimes the bathroom will just randomly smell really bad (we think that it has something to do with the old plumbing.) But we say that the bathroom has tooted. He try to shut the door, but sometimes it just lurks- We were irritated at first at the smell and tried to put bleach down all the drains and bought air fresheners, but now we have come accustomed to it and just say ‘excuse you!’ and shut the door. This room also has double duty as our laundry room - we are very lucky to have a washer and dryer in our house, it is not very typical at all in France. We do have to pay 1 Euro for each use of the machines. It took a bit to get used to the washer, it only has settings of 1 -7. We still do not know what they all mean, but they told us ‘6’ is the shortest- still taking 45 minutes!! We try not to use the dryer for our clothes, but hang them on a drying rack (where ever we can save money!) But it is funny when we do use it- it goes around about 5 times in one direction. Stops. Then changes directions for 5 more rotations, continually until the clothes dry. Does it work better than the ones back home? Our opinion- nope. 
Our last stop of tour is our bedroom. We started in the back bedroom, but for some reason both of us wanted to switch and we have been much happier. Debbie gets the bed closer to the floor, while Kathryn gets to sleep 6 feet above the floor. As you can see the beds are really small, smaller than a typical twin- this took a bit to get used to. And for this reason Kathryn is glad that her bed has rails. We also love out work so much that we even house books in our room! Because of the limited space this was the only place to put overflow books.
Hope you have enjoyed the tour of our home!
1 comment:
Loved the tour of your apartment - it looks clean & neat. Laughed at the bathroom problems! You sound like you have adjusted just fine!
Jack & Jan
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