Cribs

Well for those of you that haven't heard I made it to Ireland safely! After 3 planes and one very expensive taxi ride I arrived at my new home for the next five months on a cold rainy night. Since I've arrived most everyone I've talked to has been asking about my apartment so I thought I would give you a tour - blogosphere style!

Even if the rest of my apartment had been as nicely decorated as a card board box --which it is not -- I'm pretty sure my heart would still be happy because of this bright red, cheery door. Doesn't it just sing out, "Happy people live in this apartment! Good day!"


On the first floor are my "house mates" bedrooms and our only bathroom. The bathroom is nice except for our shower, which I'm pretty sure was designed for fashion models or people with eating disorders...or both.


But enough about the bathroom...Let's go upstairs! Come on, follow me! (See how it's almost like a real tour?!)


Here is the kitchen (and my bedroom door)...


And to the right is the "family room" area...(Helen, one of my house mates is sitting on the couch)


My second favorite part of my apartment, besides the red door, is this window! It's hard to get a clear view because of the scenery but it is gorgeous!


A closer look...


I was standing at the window thinking about just how different the landscape here is from Arizona when I looked down to find this little fellow...


I have never been so excited to see a cactus in my whole life! So even though I'm in Northern Ireland I still have a little piece of home with me. I guess Helen found this little guy in one of the markets and thought it was "nice and lovely" as she put it.

My room is still a disaster right now because I haven't been able to get into Coleraine to buy hangers and other stuff I need so I won't post pictures of that just yet, but this is the view from my room...

So that's my apartment! It's really cute and I think I'll enjoy living here once I get used to the cold. Right now the apartment complex is trying to save money on heating so it comes on at random times during the day, which is cute. But I have discovered some survival tips like wearing 3 layers of pajamas and draping all my coats over my bed at night to try and stay warm! Oh well that's Ireland. And like they say here, "The weather is nice, except when its not, and it's always sunny, except when it rains."