Being in a hotel for two and half weeks is great in theory, but when there's two of you, one room, no kitchen and you're trying to settle into a new city, it can be a bit difficult.
So hurrah! Last night was our first night in our flat, we're officially residents of Sapporo! (We even got asked for directions yesterday... oooooh yeeeeah!)
Here are pictures of the flat just before we moved our stuff in. I'll take some more once we're fully settled. But it's lovely and big!!!
The view of the kitchen from the living area
Jamie's practice room (looks a quite small in this picture, but it is bigger, trust me!)
Living/dining area
View out the left window
And the view when you lean out to the right
Seems they missed the bath when installing the shower head! (You're meant to shower before taking a bath here)
A few quirky things about the flat...
There is no central heating (this will prove interesting when it gets to the middle of winter!), just an air heater in the middle of the living room which has already become my favourite little reading spot.
Instead of an oven, we have a microwave and a rice cooker. Hmmm.
This is the only surface space we have in the kitchen, it is currently taken up with really nice dishes given to me by my awesome new private student! She said I will come to know her as my Japanese mother... I think she might be right!!
The windows in the two bedrooms are tiny. I suppose you just leave the sliding doors open most of the time.
The quirkiest of all is that we can't understand any of the appliances/manuals/instructions and definitely not the complicated rubbish collecting schedule and regulations.
But please don't mistake this for moaning, I'm quite enjoying all these quirks, it's what makes the place special!
Jamie's definitely making himself at home quickly
And so am I.
(I got the teacup and saucer in a 100 yen shop, which is under a pound. More on the brilliance of 100 yen shops another time!!)
It wont be long before the next post as there is much more to show and tell.
So until next time...
