before we moved in, the apartment was renovated and then had a 3 month tenant. it is really a brand new apartment in an old building – the best kind, in my opinion. we have all the details of a building constructed in 1906 in the hausmann style plus all the modern conveniences. that said, no one actually did a big clean after the renovation, so there is a fine layer of sawdust anywhere that was not used day to day by the other tenant.
this week was all about cleaning the apartment and unpacking. monday i went to finish painting calligraphy on some plastic chairs for the smith college club. jj and i went out for a korean lunch and ran errands on our old street. i am spending time running around finding things we need for the apartment – like a microwave and other various basics that are missing from the furnished flat. i spent an afternoon waiting for the gas man who never came, and then found out that my bad french had caused me to miss the info that he would not be coming. jj had her last violin lesson for the year. we did some shopping in preparation for jj going off to camp. thursday jj and i went to lunch at “leo le lion” (the place with the 12.50 good lunch), with marie k. who lives in berlin now. and that evening we all went out to take marie d. to dinner at “l’ebauchoir” (our wedding lunch spot).
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