While I was there this time we were looking for a new apartment. Mary has been in the same place for all 10 years and it was time to move for various reasons. We went and looked a a few but didn’t find any she wanted except for one that had a nice ocean view but it had other issues including an owner that didn’t want to negotiate. Finally just before we left for Beijing we found one she liked and agreed to rent. We moved Wednesday before I came home on Friday. It is about a half mile away and closer to the village on the 7 (top) floor. The view from the front balcony
Entryway from the balcony into living and dining area.
Typical high end Chinese kitchen.
Master br and bath
The other master bedroom that also has a full bath and Beaureguard.
The dining area looking onto the back balcony
The back balcony
Off the balcony to the left is a separate room and bathroom I guess for maid or something. But it does provide the opportunity for practicing the use of the infamous Asian toilet.
And I mean practice. The few times I have been forced by events to use one of these things I felt like what a German bombardier must have felt like during WWII (the big one) without the use of the top secret Allied bombsight. NO targeting ability at all. His General guy says “Herr Vienersnitzle geten ina z areoplane and go bombenzen the buildingza” and he had no choice but get in the general area and let them fly and hope they hit a target. Using the Asian toilet is a lot like that. Anyway we now have a practice unit if anyone is interested.
Those were pictures I took when we did our walk around and Mary has already changed a lot and the maid has cleaned about everything.
Mary bought a couch and even with the back off it would not fit in the elevator so it had to be brought up the outside of the building 7 stories.
They got it in without anyone dying, Mary has take over one of the 2 remaining bedrooms as her office and the other is used to store all the extra bedding and stuff we don’t want.
The place is called Sunny Melody, for some reason and it’s mascot is a long neck chicken.
And as an added bonus if you go to the back balcony and lean out looking to the North you can just barely see the ‘view from Mary’s office building’ behind the blue silo and on a more clear day you can see the white factory building.
So there is now plenty of room in China so everyone come visit, just not all at once.