New Apartment

This morning I moved into my apartment! I was so lucky, the couple who own it picked me up from my hotel this morning to help me with all my luggage. I took some photos of the place before I have unpacked anything, still haven't really taken anything out of my suitcases! Here is a look at my apartment. Notice that pretty much everything is from Ikea :)

Kitchen

The kitchen! It is fairly small, no full fridge or oven. I am planning on buying a toaster oven instead. There are just the bare bones in terms of dishes and things. I think I will buy some extras at Ikea tomorrow :)

Another view of the kitchen

Bathroom

Bedroom/living room/office..

My room! The bed is an Ikea fold out couch. There is a cover that I can put on it if I want to make it into a couch. Notice how much shelving is in the room, I doubt I will be able to fill it all. A nice thing about this apartment is it comes with internet, phone and cable. I think there are only German channels though - time to practice!

After I had moved in and finished signing the contract for the place and learning the important things like where the garbage and washing machine are, I headed back into Frankfurt to meet up with Sarah. We wanted to look for some household things. I needed sheets, a hand towel, etc. We took the U-Bahn north of Frankfurt to go to Primark (a cheap department store from the UK) and ended up discovering a huge mall. It is called the Nordwest Zentrum. Funnily enough, we ran into one of the other Canadian teachers there! 

Sarah is staying with me for a few nights until she can move into her apartment. So on the way back we stopped at a Rewe grocery store. It was hilarious trying to find food to make a stir fry for dinner. Even buying milk was challenging! It wasn't until I actually drank it that I knew it was proper milk. From pictures and a few German words we managed to buy a package of sauce for the turkey we bought and some flavoured noodles. We had no real clue what kind of sauce or flavour, but in the end they were ok.

Tomorrow we have planned some shopping extravaganzas. In the morning: checking out the flea market along the Main river. In the afternoon: Ikea!!