My apartment

Getting to my apartment requires exercise. You walk up a hill, down a street, and up many flights of stairs. However, the view at the top is quite worth the hike!

You can see many of the major Parisian monuments from my living room. Missing in this picture are the monuments further to the left like the Sacre Coeur. I will try to put up a better picture later on.

We aren't done decorating/setting up yet (yes it's been a couple months) but we're getting there! Just working on putting in light fixtures to avoid that "crack house" look of light bulbs hanging from wires in the ceiling. Pieces are starting to fit into place though, and we're pretty much settled in.

There are two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and toilet room. Lots of closet space for storage in the hall. It's in a great spot for me, being just outside Paris but still not as far out as school. That way I can visit friends and get into town easily enough in the evenings, but still not have to spend an hour or more in the train to get to class (unless we're talking about days when the transportation system's on strike...more on that to come). The stove is teeny tiny, but it fits what it needs to fit! I'm still getting used to a gas stove though. Gas burners are one thing, but a gas stove...especially one that doesn't have temperature indicators on it is difficult to regulate!

The tiny oven makes cooking multiple things a science or a carefully choreographed event since there is only one rack and limited space...we're talking 16x16x16 inches. The images you see of the kitchen are the kitchen in its entirety. There is a double window in between (you see half of it) and thats all folks!

However, for the space and what I need on a regular basis, this kitchen is great. It's the right size for two people and holds eveything I need. We've even hosted a couple get-togethers of up to 20 people so the kitchen's good even for preparing food for that many people! Space was a bit cramped in the apartment in general, but hey...that's what gatherings among friends are for right?