Liz's European Adventures: Moving...again and again

With the housing situation like it is here, you would think I was living in New York City! It's impossible to find a decent place, and so expensive at the same time!

I moved at the beginning of April. Rachel and I were originally supposed to move out of our apartment (which she has not had to do yet), and we both decided to live on our own and take a break from each other. I am used to living alone...and the two of us had been thrust into this really intense situation where we completely relied on each other, and basically lived on top of each other (there were not two proper bedrooms, but rather one bedroom and one living room).

It was the best thing that could have happened. I absolutely love where I live now, but new that moving in here was taking a risk, as the man I am renting from was trying to sell the apartment. I took the chance, knowing the market has not been great. Well...it was sold while I was in Paris, so I have to move out by the end of June!

I have found another place already. I will be living with a classmate (Christina - the one who went out of her way to speak English with me on my study trip) and another Danish girl. The apartment is super nice, in a good location - it is just a little further from the city center than where I live now, which makes me a little sad. But it is probably only a 10 minute bike ride to get there. From a language perspective, living with Danish girls will hopefully help me tremendously...I would love to be confident enough in my skills to speak in Danish regularly.

I won't even waste time showing pics of the apartment I am in now. I will show you pictures of the one I am moving into when I finally get there!

I had to ask for so much help when I moved, which was so hard. I will just break it down for you what people did for me...

-My friend Susanne found an apartment for me through a coworker at ASB

-Mathias, my soccer coach, borrowed his parents bigger car, went to a random girls apartment with Rachel and I to pick up a couch that I was buying from a girl (I got the hookup through my buddy Nanna), and he helped me move the couch into my new place.

-Nanna borrowed her parents car and drove me to Ikea on a Saturday, where we bought EVERYTHING and wrote down the information for the big furniture pieces I was buying.

-Rachel and I borrowed her boyfriend Kristian's car on Sunday, loaded up as much as we could, and moved a lot of stuff in on Sunday night.

-Monday, Susanne and Thomas left work with me at 4pm (which, I may add, Susanne scheduled the help without really asking me - she told me they were going to help me on Monday, because she knows I don't like to ask for help). We drove in Susanne's car to Ikea, where Thomas had booked a trailer for us. We hooked up the trailer, bought my furniture, loaded it - then headed to my old apartment to get the futon (which is now my bed) and the rest of my stuff. We made it back to my new place, moved everything upstairs (to the 4th floor, I might add). I had bought a closet which was impossible to put together on my own. Susanne and Thomas didn't even give me an option - they went to return the trailer, said they were stopping at Thomas' for tools, and would be back to put the closet together with me. By the time we were done, it was midnight already. They were amazing, and were not coworkers - they were true friends.

Thomas and Susanne putting together my coffee table, with Lincoln on it, so we could sit down and eat dinner.