We Moved! Meet Our New Apartment
We moved! We bought and moved to a bigger apartment. Still in the same city, just 3 minutes’ walk away from the previous flat. It’s in a 1970s building with a balcony that goes around the whole flat – the kitchen, living room, study room and bedroom. More than twice the size of the previous flat.
Favourite Bits
My first glimpse of the flat made the decision for me. In fact, rays of sunlight were passing through the full-length sliding windows into the living room, brightening up the whole space and highlighting the modern, well-equipped open-concept kitchen. Oh, the kitchen is my favourite room – a minimalist, spacious kitchen island integrated with an induction cooktop. Heaven! After 6 years of making do in teeny, weeny, badly equipped kitchens of rented apartments in both Hong Kong and France, we finally have a proper kitchen. Together with the proper microwave and the oven left by the previous owners, Silviu and I can now indulge in whipping up a feast.
The other decisive factor was the balcony. It’s spacious enough for us to place an outdoor dining set. We don’t use it too often though – it’s a bit chilly in the earlier part of the year, and now it’s too hot. But when we do get the chance, it’s a nice, cosy spot.
First Stay-Over Guests
After 2 years in France, we finally received our first set of stay-over guests. Ionel and Mirela from Sibiu, Silviu’s childhood friends, came to visit us for a week. Over the weekend, we rented a car and explored this region, including Claude Monet’s Garden in Normandy.
