Last day in the Small apartment!!!!!

View of the apartment standing in front of the window.

The actual sleeping area occupied by our bags.

The small, small washer.

A view of the apartment standing in the kitchen area. The bathroom door is behind the ladder.

So, today is the last day in the small one room, hotel type, apartment. I am packing up all of our stuff today so that we can move into our two bedroom, large, apartment tomorrow. It will be nice to have a real bed that doesn't function as a couch! It will also be nice to have room for everything. Right now all but one of our suitcases are in the real sleeping loft while we are sleeping on the futon.
So far everything else is going well. I have been watching out for those dangerous cars :). Thanks for all of you who expressed your concern for my safety. Yesterday we were able to finally open a bank account which was a relief. We have to go back tomorrow and pick up our debit cards and online access codes. Unlike many banks in the US they do not require a deposit and they do not ask nearly as many questions either! Our passports, address here, date of birth and phone numbers were enough! We did have to show proof of working/studying here but that was it. The lady that helped us was the first person we have dealt with that did not speak English very well. She actually had to get one of the other employees to translate for her when she was explaining the account to us. He was fluent and they were both very nice about it considering we came in close to closing, oops. They apparently close early on Wednesdays. All in all everything is going well and we are learning more and more each day. We hope to explore our new neighborhood this weekend so there will be pictures of that and posts to follow.