There's our building - come inside & take the elevator to the 8th floor.
Take off your shoes. No shoes allowed inside Korean homes or schools. Even in some areas in restaurants you take your shoes off. There's always a ledge too. Keep that dirt out!
Here's our hallway. Closets on the left. Bedroom on the right - literally a bed-room.
Our bathroom is the next door on the right (blog about Korean bathrooms). And this is our "kitchen" The fridge is in the tall white doors on the left. And yes, our stove is on top of our washing machine.
And what do those buttons say? Yeah, we have no idea either. We just push play, literally. Gets clothes pretty dry, then we hang them on a rack.
This is our livingroom area. A friend lent us the couch, and we eat all our meals at the table. We made the middle section by the windows into a desk for Kyle to computer program away. The tree on the right is this fun sticker thing I put up.
Here's Kyle taking a moment to chill on our couch. The map is all in Korean, which makes things interesting. You can see laundry drying on the rack. We have floor heating & the top right plastic thing is an AC.
This is the view out our window. We have a view into central park, where we run 3 times a week. All the tall buildings are thousands of apartments.
After 4+ years around the globe, Bessie & Kyle are rediscovering home in Chicago.
May 08, 2009
Rose P.
May 08, 2009
Bessie
Yeah we're pretty happy with our place. Some people do get crap apartments, and we've got a nice one in a nice building. Part of the reason we couldn't pass up this job. :)
May 08, 2009
Gillian
May 08, 2009
Susan
May 08, 2009
Bessie
No tv, but we watch everything on our computer, and we bought a 22 inch monitor to enjoy (not in a picture). Everything is still so new we don't really miss much. I hear there are great English bookstores, and even a used one, but really, I've had zero time to read... I hear there's an english library in our town, but I don't know where it is.
I'm sure in a few short months things will feel normal, and we'll be missing things more.
May 11, 2009
Den Czurylo
May 11, 2009
Linda
May 19, 2009
Bessie
The nighttime view out the window isn't too exciting because we're sort of far from all the apartments. Makes me happy, so people can't look into our apartment. There are some neon signs a few floors down on the building across from us, so red, blue, and green reflect in at night. :)
Yeah - there are actually 2 burners, but it's not spacious!! We only had 1 pot until 2 days ago - we have friends moving out of their apartment so they gave us lots of kitchen stuff & 2 throw pillows! :)
May 16, 2009
mumsie
May 19, 2009
Bessie
A lot of things are cheap in Korea - pretty much all basic necessity things that are mad here are much cheaper than the US. A normal nice haircut cost me US$10, and cleaning supplies, clothes, many foods are also cheaper - including restaurants. It's easy to eat a big meal out for $5.
May 17, 2009
Patrice
May 19, 2009
Bessie
May 19, 2012
Edith