New House Mean Time

So Azzdine and I escorted my beloved to work with the car loaded to overflowing, we then headed to the new apartment for the first of four trips back and forth, taking with us 6 suitcases and numerous household items I had been collecting since arriving in Algeria.  Everything was left in one bedroom, and once we unloaded the last box it was time to start unpacking and organising, today is Tuesday of the following week and I still have what would amount to one full case to sort out, everything else has found a home, having a kitchen with loads of cupboards is a blessing, even if most of them are empty, when you don't eat food that comes from a packet or most of the time not even a tin your cupboards can look pretty bare thats for sure, just means I have more room for kitchen utensils....

The apartment has a verandah which runs almost completely around it and is a beautiful sun trap, and after the scorching sun in Saudi it is a pleasant change to be able to sit outside with out the insides of your eyeballs beginning to boil. 

So over the next few days I sorted out my new habitat and settled into the area, our first night in the apartment was spent trying to adjust the air con to suit, I have yet to work out how to use those damned zappers, as it appeared I had set a timer and after 30 minutes the air con went off and we began to cook, now it is winter here but the apartment having three open sides would lead you to believe it would be cold, but once the metal outside shutters are down everything gets real cosy.

We decided to head to Taj Mahal for our supper well it would be rude not too.  So our local curry house is around a km walk from the house which gives you ample time to work up and appetite and plenty of time to walk off your excesses.  We also popped in again on the weekend so even though they don't sell alcohol it is now our local.

We took a couple of strolls over the weekend as my beloved needed to get out from under the computer, and get some cobwebs blown away, we found a nice little cafe not far from the house, and on our second venture out we found some really nice shops not too far away.  More investigations need to be done as I have found nothing to compare with the market in Golf and the shops surrounding it, well so far anyway.

 My very clever ironing board that doubles up for short people to gain access to high cupboards