A Fresh Start


We started our stay in Copenhagen in an AirBnB but yesterday was the day to move to our more permanent apartment. Or should I say more temporary apartment?  Our formal lease at Stockholmsgade 19 does not start until October 1st but the owner gave us the opportunity to move into one of his other apartments until then.  So for now we are in Apartment ST, TV (= ground floor, to the left). Yesterday we packed up our suitcases and wheeled them 15 minutes to get to our new home.

Our new landlord Niels seems very nice and helpful. He lives next door (ST, TH = ground floor, to the right) but owns all of the apartments in the building.  It has all been in his family since it was built in the 1870s! This apartment has an extra large living room:

and a large dining room:

a main bedroom: 

as well as a tiny maid's room off of the kitchen:

It even has a bathroom and a toilet room, but the backyard still has the outhouse that everyone used to use before indoor plumbing was installed:

Across the street is a beautiful garden and several art museums.  Here is the smaller art museum (Den Hirschsprungske Samling) as seen from our front window:

It is now maybe a 7 minute walk for Chuck to get to work!

This apartment is much less central than our old apartment. Now, within 5 minutes walk, there are only 2 grocery stores, 11 restaurants, 2 bakeries, and 1 coffee shop.  I think we'll manage just fine...

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