Day 6-7 – Internet and settling in

On Thursday owner’s son came with his friend and got wireless Internet working at the apartment. What a great day!!!

Seeing how great things turned out we decided to sign the lease for 3 months to stay here. We negotiated a 100LT drop in monthly rent, free water, new floor runners, and professional cleaning. Now we can start settling in.

Alicia came to baby sit Georgia. We left her to watch her favorite shows and went for an hour walk around the town. Everything looks different and even more after dark. The old town cafes with old brick/stone walls look very cozy.

Was too busy surfing to write in the blog.

On Friday the director of the cleaning company came. He scheduled us for next Friday since they are already booked all through next week. He engaged in a long discussion about professional aspects of the work they do – including the chemicals, approach, philosophy and strategic differentiators. I am sold – I only wish he came sooner.

In the evening we walked down to Alicia for dinner. Georgia waddled in water and tried to sit in with her clothing on. It is still pretty cold and the water is dirty. Barely dragged her out.

There is independence event going on on the Cathedral square – they have the stage and all the works and musicians. There are lots of people and the atmosphere is very festive. We checked out the burger place ($25 for 2 burgers with fries & coke) across the street - very nice.

Georgia is getting more comfortable about using the playground. They have up ramps made from little logs and wooden slides. She can now climb the ramp by herself. Will get some pictures of that next week. The wooden slides are horrific on the clothing.

Many of the women from the park also hang out on our playground. Spoke some more with the woman that I keep running into – Tanya from Germany and she invited us over for a dinner. Said that they live of the top floor with access to roof and amazing views. Will probably call her early next week.

Kindergarten director called again and asked to come on Tuesday next week because they are not finished.