Our Piso in Photographs

Many of you have asked to see pictures of our apartment. It is a pigsty right now, but you would actually have to walk around barefoot to appreciate how messy it is. Yes, there is a lot of clutter, but that isn't unusual for us. This is the only instance in which I am grateful that I inherited my mom's dry-as-a-desert-tortoise feet. All the crumbs and dust stick to your feet so much that our bed feels like someone took a package of saltines, crumbled them up and scattered them haphazardly over the sheets. I wash my feet every night to avoid this and Collin has a bath mat on his side of the bed to wipe his feet on, but somehow the floor debris find their way in anyway.

The furniture is an interesting mix of really old stuff and not so old stuff. There are decorative plates and wooden boxes everywhere. It is a very nice apartment. It is four times the size of the first apartment we rented in Madrid and two times the size of the second apartment we rented in Madrid.

We did buy a new microwave (HOORAY!), but still can't figure out the oven. I feel very restricted without an oven. The bathrooms are nice. The showerhead is on the back center of the wall instead of on one end and there are glass shelves for toiletries IN the shower. Each bathroom has a bidet. The boys share a bunk bed. Emma has a trundle bed. There are two places to hang wet laundry. Our bed, la cama matrimonial, is actually two twin beds pushed together with a sheet over them. We have an office with plenty of seating and a coffee table. The living room has lots of bookshelves, a dining table, two couches, a coffee table and a TV with a DVD player. The view from our kitchen window is beautiful. We have a patio below our apartment where we can hang out, but we usually go to a park instead.