Happy Wednesday! I am excited to announce that Dan and I have finally made it to where our permanent residence will be, in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg! Words cannot describe how happy I am to not be living out of a suitcase in German hotels on a regular basis!

Before I begin, I want to apologize for my absence the last two weeks. I actually had a last minute trip to visit the U.S., and I happened to be having such a wonderful time there, I had very little extra time on my hands. I am,however, back to business now! 🙂

So, might I just recap the past 3 months of my ever changing life just so you are caught up to speed.

Dan and I started our journey in Edinburgh, Scotland for him to begin his work assignment in early May. Our time there was a short 6 days, and then we were off to good old Germany. Luxembourg was always going to be our official residence, being it is so centrally located to many destinations where Dan will have to travel, but our immigration paperwork was taking much longer than expected, which forced us to stay near Dan’s work locations in Germany the past two months.

Eventually the paperwork went through as it should, and we arrived in Luxembourg City this past Monday. We have a month of corporate housing while we house hunt and search for our own flat.

Our corporate housing is very nice, modern, in an awesome location, and small. And I might emphasize “small.”  Perhaps not what I was expecting, as it is more of what I would describe as a hotel suite, but none the less, it is awesome and definitely a major upgrade from teeny tiny hotel rooms.

This place has everything we need, really, I can’t complain. It is a one bedroom flat with a mini kitchen equipped with a mini fridge and mini dishwasher. The couch,bathroom, closets, and washer/dryer are all mini too.I would say almost everything here is mini, but that is Europe for you, I suppose!

Of course, as an American this was a little frustrating for me at first, especially being I couldn’t wait to cook and I have literally no counter space in our tiny kitchen. We have learned that several apartments here in the city are just as small, if not smaller. Luxembourg is the same as many other cities, you pay for location. We can rent a a 2-3 bedroom flat more than double this  size for the same, if not cheaper price, but we wouldn’t get this amazing location.

These photos are literally right outside our front door. We are also a 5 minute walk from the Train Station and tons of shopping and restaurants.

I love this district, Gare. Dan can walk to work in 20 minutes and it has everything we could possibly need. Our issue now as we have started our house hunting is that we must weigh the pros and cons of living right in the city. We won’t be able to have much space, but the location is ideal. Fortunately, with the help of our relocation agent, we should be able to find a flat that has the best of both worlds, space and location.

We saw one flat today and tomorrow we have appointments set all day to view more flats in different neighborhoods. What makes it more challenging for us is that the apartment must be furnished, for all of our furniture is in the U.S.  Furnished apartments are more expensive and scarce. We are planning on making a final decision after our viewings tomorrow, whether it be the one we saw today, or another that we will see tomorrow.

Wish us luck! I feel like I am on House Hunters International(awesome show on HGTV if you haven’t seen it).

I will post updates and hopefully photos from our different options so you can just see how different living in the EU is from America.

Have a good Wednesday! Au revior!