As mentioned in the first post, we are currently living in a loft over the garage of Brad's boss, Gerald. We plan to stay here until we find our own apartment. The room is large and bright with space enough for a king size bed, table & chairs, two lounge chairs, and a long counter which contains a microwave, toaster, coffee maker, and dishes.

The loft looks out onto the back yard of their house and into the kitchen. Around 6:30pm we get a wave from Gerald's wife, Simone, signalling that it is time for dinner. Since the loft has no cooking capacity, she has been cooking us dinner every night. What a luxury! We could also pick up a wireless Internet signal through that window and are enjoying easy Internet access at our leisure.

This living arrangement is almost perfect except for one important detail that I forgot to mention - the bathroom. It was built by the former owners as if it was an oversight. And this is what we ended up with:

The door to the bathroom opens directly into the shower. To the left of the shower is the toilet and sink under the eaves (note: this is actually thru the shower). There is a shower curtain to cover the door and one to block the water from getting on the toilet. There is a raised wooden strip to prevent water from going in the toilet area. The floor of the shower is raised in the middle, and doesn't drain well. We have a squeegee to help with the drainage, but it never really dries.

Therefore, we often get wet socks when we go to the toilet. How nice.

As a side note, the only sink in the loft is the tiny one in the bathroom. When we want water for coffee, to wash the dishes, or fill up our water bottles, we have to go into the bathroom.

So we get our socks wet. Quite wet. Quite often.