Our Amsterdam Apartment

Well I've been living in our new place in Amsterdam for just about a solid week and a half now (it feels like much longer!) and have been trying hard to get settled in.

While Brian has been at work, I've been busy organizing closets, cupboards, kitchens, etc., to try and make our apartment feel more like a home.

We even made an Ikea trip last weekend which of course turned out to be a bit of a nightmare (they refused to ship everything because they said "they would break it" so we had to take a gigantic plant and a huge bag full of glass items back with us on the subway - not fun).

So far, we both really like our new home - it's very spacious, light, and a bit quirky, but one can only expect that from an old European home. Plus, the location is fantastic, we can walk/bike to everything.

And even though it's not quite there yet - we only have two plants and we have tons of picture frames that we intend on filling with wedding photos and such but have no idea where to get them printed - I thought I'd put up a few photos to give you a taste of our new life.

Our living room/dining room (it's split level, so we can watch TV on the upper level under the skylight)

Our bathroom (you get used to the orange tiles after a while...)

Our bedroom - it's hard to tell from the picture, but it's way bigger than the one in Portland was, and very comfortable

Our kitchen - it's really nice to cook in, especially because we get to use all our fun new kitchen stuff from our wedding

Our European rooftop view (apparently most Dutch people prefer to be on the ground floor because then they can have a garden, but we much prefer the top floor, steep stairs and all)

And don't forget, if you're ever in the neighborhood we'd love to have you come visit...

Miss you all, can't wait to see some of you in December, it's not very far away!

- Krista