Rivers crisscross the whole area of Kochi or Cochin, lending a feeling of tranquility to the city.
When many people expressed an interest being kept in the loop as our family experienced all the changes that would come with this move to India, I decided that the easiest way to accommodate everyone was to open a page like this. Quickly, I found that a year had passed and I had posted nothing on it. And it seemed likely that nothing would be happening anytime soon. Just as I had decided I should post something about the benefits of patience and waiting, Bobby came home from work one day out of the blue with a plane ticket with my name on it. Suddenly, it was time for house shopping. Kochi here I come!
Kochi is small for an Asian city. The traffic is really not even that bad. They drive a lot like Bobby!
As you can see in the picture (in all the pictures) although it is technically the rainy season, there is no rain. India is actually experiencing a drought at the moment. The weather has been calm and serene.
But the weather is not the only thing that has been accommodating. The people here are so kind and warm. Not just in the hotel or the Testing House but everywhere. In the mall. On the street. At the museum. I love to make these sincere people smile. It’s the goal with every person I meet. Their smiles are so real and deep, so from the heart, that it feeds my soul.
Other than house hunting and spending time at the Testing House working with their staff , Bobby and I have spent time doing things like getting cells phones, findings sources for school supplies, pricing washing machines, checking out the grocery store and what is actually available on the store shelves and taking care of other household necessities.
Bobby and I have seen many apartments by this point. As requested, I am going to post some pictures of the one we have chosen as our new home. We have finished negotiations on price with the owner who is a wonderfully sweet woman who kept her home in great condition. But we still have to get it approved by the board. I don’t think we will have too much of a problem with that though.
This picture doesn’t show the whole living room. I’m actually standing in another seating area next to a large open window but I couldn’t get it all in the picture with Bobby’s camera and mine wasn’t working.
Behind the love seat you can see the dining room seating and the built-in buffet along the back wall. This apartment has built-ins in every room. Tons of storage!
This was the only property we saw with an oven in it. It was also the only one we saw they had a space for a clothes dryer and a dishwasher should I wish to add them. I didn’t expect to find any of these things, but now I’m thinking about them.
We did see one place with a bigger fridge. This is kind of small fridge by American standards (it’s the size I have at home) but it’s bigger than I was expecting.
Tons of cabinets in the kitchen! And granite counter tops. This woman used products of great quality and she took great care of her home and it shows.
The building has a back up generator for the brown outs that happen on a regular basis, but this property comes equipped with its own backup generator as well.
Four bedrooms. All the beds are sized double or bigger. All the beds have drawers under them for more storage.
Every bedroom has a wardrobe built-in.
And also a desk. And above extra cabinets.
Another configuration of desk and wardrobe.
There are also several balconies. This one is screened in. I’m thinking we can do this to all of them so the cats can enjoy them.
Each bedroom has its own bathroom, usually attached. Yes, those fixtures are purple. I’ll just have to live with that.
These were the only bathrooms we saw with any cabinetry whatsoever. More storage! Yay!
The green space downstairs, outside for kids to play soccer and run around.
I know this playground equipment looks a little scary but compared to a lot that we’ve seen, it’s at the top of the list. Not sure how much my boys would want to play on it anyway.
Basketball court. Could do lots of things here. Skateboard anyone?
We found the bikes of the other kids who live in the apartments in the car park (parking lot). That’s where the kids ride them. Usually they have signs up warning the drivers to watch out for the children. This is their safe place to ride.
That’s enough pictures here! I don’t want to bore you. Bobby and I feel really good about this place. It will give is plenty of space for the boys. We can have some office space for Bobby. And looks like we will even have a little room for visitors. So now you all know, if you ever come to Kochi, you have a place to stay and what it looks like.
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