Okay, this is getting old now :)
Saw one more flat today.. it was actually quite nice - surprise, we didn't think it would be. But the location isn't great and it has NO outdoor living space at all - not even a little terrace. Definitely a 'city' street building.
The landlord of the cute Linneplatz flat notified us they wouldn't be negotiating at all for the price and it could be a delay moving in due to a water issue they are resolving. None of us want to be delayed at ALL moving into a place! :) He did offer putting in one of the gardens into the 3rd floor unit. We are taking 2nd floor off our list as we don't want to be up in the air on move in date.
In summary, we are going to probably proceed in the am with the 3rd floor but try to get the garage spot (more for storage plus a car) instead of the garden. If he won't budge on garage spot (he wants to sell it with the 1st floor unit - which we don't want), then we will take the garden probably. Back up : the one we saw today...it would work fine too.
Phew... hoping to get this in motion in the morning so we can check out of here and take the train south to Semmering Austria, a mountian town to get away for a few days. I think it would do us all some good - particularly Eric who has not been able to get into the mountains at all this summer. (this is a huge issue!! :))
We will probably come back here on Friday or Saturday and if we are lucky get our place on Monday.
Fingers Crossed!
Tried to talk to a lady in the laundry room tonight with my small amount of German. She couldn't understand a thing! Figured out because she was speaking ITALIAN. Too funny. Then another woman came in and spoke English... I talked her ear off! She is from upstate NY and we were both happy to speak English to another Mom/Woman.
We miss everyone. Pray for Evan -- he seems especially homesick wondering if he can go back to Tri-Cities for his birthday. Poor guy :(
Poor Evan. It is a hard move at first, I'm sure, but I also trust that it will get better once you are into your new home with some of your own things. When school starts it will get even better for there will be new friends to be had. One thought - I know he is young, but have you thought about getting him a gmail acct. of his own and asking for a few friends to do the same? Then he could "chat" on gmail with them. I know Aidan loved using my FB page to chat with his cousin when Michael was in living in Stuttgart. Also, though we didn't use it, Skype is supposed to be really great as well. You're all in our prayers as you work through this transition. Hope you get to enjoy the mts. this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGood luck getting a more permanent place to live. It's got to be frustrating being in such close quarters! I'm sure once you get that settled you will all (Evan included) feel much better about your situation.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it was great to talk to someone who spoke English!! You're hilarious...Italian...LOL!
Once you get set up we'll have to Skype.Love you!