We're in!

After an intense weekend of moving including getting our old place ready to be handed over to its new occupier as well as getting our new place habitable, we are finally moved in the new and improved ‘Harrison-Helin Manor’!

The moving craziness started on Friday afternoon when our two helpers arrived with the moving van. I don’t think we were prepared for how energized and efficient they were going to be, but 3 van loads and 2 hours later, all our stuff had been transported over to our new place! After the movers had left, the cleaning crew arrived and swung their magic wands in our old apartment. When I went back to the old flat later in the evening to pick up the rest of our food and a few knick-knacks, I was stunned and amazed to see what they had done to the place! Pristine, spotless, flawless, eat-off-the-floor-sparkly; you name it, it was so clean! So Edinburghers: If you are ever looking for a fantastic moving/cleaning crew, let us know and we’ll hook you up!

After all of this, we were left with the fun part; getting the new digs set up the way we wanted with everything from “where would you like the cutlery and where would you like the glasses?” to furnishing and the best of all, getting Ethan’s own room and his own play area ready! After all, that was a major part of the reason why we decided to move in the first place. We are still going through boxes, sorting through clothes and still don’t have anything on the walls, but we are in good shape, the apartment is perfect for us, we have done several online guided tours yesterday and today, and we are very excited to call this our new home!

We will be sure to post some nice photos as soon as it looks a little less like Basra.