My New Apartment
Moving into a nicer apartment, although tedious and stressful, has really made me enjoy my life in Korea even more. When I lived in Prague I rented a room from an old flat, the location was incredible (just a block from the Vltava River), I lived with one of my best friends and an sweet older Czech woman who was full of life. But the place was old and I put little to no effort into making it my own.
When I came to Korea, one of my priorities in getting settled in was to decorate my place and make it feel like “me”. I did a decent job of that in my last apartment, but my new place really does feel like my home. It’s important to invest in some decor I think, even for those people who come to Korea only for a year…..because your home should be your haven, right?
Ok anyway, the house-warming party was lots of fun. I made Mexican food, tacos complete with guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pico de gallo and Mexican rice (thanks Molly for bringing that!). It was sooo delicious I couldn’t believe it, haha. So we just hung out and laughed, listened to music, etc. until evening came and then we went to the busy area Cheonho and had a couple beers. It was perfect.
My building was made in 2003 I believe….so it’s fairly new. I think I’ve said before that my location is a bit farther away from work, but there are so many more things to do and see here in Gangdong. I’m anxious for it to warm up a bit so I can go exploring more. All in all, I’m very pleased with the new place and will be staying here again if I decide to renew my contract after another year (wow, that’s a long ways down the rode though), one thing at a time.
If you’d prefer to watch a video tour of me showing the apartment, you can click here. Be warned I had just woken up and am in my PJs, haha. Also here are a few thumbnail pics below:
