We have moved to...the other side of town...
Actually, we are really rather pleased with our new home. In a way it's as if we've earned an upgrade. And, this place is an upgrade:
- A real entryway
- A kitchen with lots of cupboards (at last, storage space)
- A kitchen sink with an additional water filter tapper
- Real wood floor hallways
- A nook large enough for a small office space
- A 2nd bedroom (which is now our gym equipped with bench, weights and Gazelle)
- A real toilet with push-button flushing action and a real 2-part toilet seat
- A real sink that has its own faucet
- A bad ass shower with a high-power shower head
- A better location:
3 minutes from the post office
2-5 minutes from Darkhan's best restaurants
Peter is now 15 minutes from school, not 50 (Cady still gets driven to work in the CHF jeep)
1-10 minutes from Darkhan's best grocery stores
- Out of an apartment owned by the craziest Mongolian we have ever met
There's only one thing we really miss from our old home: the comfy furniture. Well, there's also our wonderful local delguur (store) owner and the great neighborhood kids. They will be missed.
A little history/info.: this apartment was used by Peace Corps programmers this last summer during training. Knowing that our landlord was only going to give us 1 month to vacate, we visited this apartment the night we checked out all the soon-to-be available apartments we knew of in Darkhan. It wasn't even our plan to stop by, but it was recommended to us along the way by a Mongolian friend. What luck. We found out that this apartment was owned by the director of the nicest bank in Darkhan, a man with quite a bit of social clout.
We are both very happy to have a fresh start for year 2 and we are excited to finally be in our new home. After a month of waiting, we are finally moved in and almost ready to take photos to share with all of you.
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2 comments:
Cady and Peter,
So glad that you have landed in a good place. Your mom, Joanna, told me about your residence issues. I am enjoying your blog and have "lurked" for the past year. You two are doing wonderful things. Thanks for being so brave and giving.
Kathy Dow
Hi Peter! Carol (Witmer) Pond & I are planning the Appleton North Class of 1998 10 Year Reunion and we wanted to make sure you knew about it. I found out from a classmate that you were in Mongolia... WOW! My assumption is that you won't be able to make it back October 4th, so best of luck in your adventures! Email us at anhs1998reunion@yahoo.com if you can and want to learn more about the event.
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