Apartment Tour

I was pleasantly surprised by the spaciousness and homeyness of my apartment. To explain the spaciousness bit, all I can think of is that apparently over 90% of the Milanese live in apartments, so they really are more liked stacked homes than temporary housing. And to explain the homeyness, my apartment used to be a family's residence, or as my Italian RA explained "a place for a young family to grow up." They have since grown up, and the apartment is now owned by two middle-aged sisters who rent it to IES. They left much of the furnishing and odds and ends, such as the books on the shelves, the trinkets in the bureaus, pictures on the wall, which would otherwise be sold at a garage sale.

The apartment has an entrance hall, to the left a living-room/dining room, to the right a kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom, and the RA's suite comprised of a bedroom and bathroom. All the floors except in my room are marble. The ceiling are quite high, and the whole apartment gets plenty of light. Here's a visual tour:

Here's a peek into the living room from our front entryway

opposite view of living room

This is the view from the balcony that runs across both bedrooms and the living room. I am in a city!

Here's our kitchen, little but fully stocked and with all the necessary appliances (though you do have to physically light the stovetop with a lighter)

Here's a close-up of my living space, my little bed, dresser, big window! and ample built-in closet. Note the great chandelier!

Here's our little bathroom, complete with a bidet (yet untried...)

I think this should give you a pretty good idea of the place. Now I have to go scrounge up some lunch.

Ciao for now!