10.04.2013 - "We take it!"

hungarian all you can eat-beats KFC any day!

Today has been very eventful, lovely weather at the lake, we had to let the dogs play outside in the garden for two hours to wear them out before we leave them for a couple of hours. We took the train to the city, and had a spare hour before the first viewing. Unfortunately, yesterday one of the agents called and cancelled our appointment, so we only had two for today. What the hell, we still had to go, and it seemed really hard to find a decent flat for two people with the dogs, which is still a central location, furnished and modern. Most the flats were really bad design, and we didn´t want to move into one of those places. 

Quickly we went to the Moszkva square, where there is a new place (at least for us), all you can eat, mainly hungarian food, quite cheap if you compare it to any fast food restaurant, or just to what we used to pay every day in Vienna eating-out. Waaaay too expensive...and it seems like Scott likes the local food as well:)). With a full stomach we were ready for the first viewing. So, this flat is in the II. district, near the Margit bridge, very good location, although we want the bar to be closer to the Gellert hill. Scott fell in love with the neighbourhood straight away, there are three (!!) english second hand clothes shop in the very near area, plus an english bar, Pointers just on the opposite side. It turns out, that only one of the shops were actually selling english clothes according to an english person. 

So, we met the guy from the agency and the owner, a young woman, very nice people. From the outside, to building is not the most beautiful one and it is very noisy, since it faces onto Margit street with the tram, but as soon as we entered...OMG! Clean stairs, very tidy, looks amazing, and it only got better!! We only remembered the best bath tub we ever saw from the advertisement, but there was much more. Perfect bedroom, living room, a spare room which can be turned into an office for us, a balcony with a view to the Castle hill, modern furniture, fridge, everything that we ever wanted in a flat is there.

You know that feeling, when you are looking a for a place, and as soon as you walk in the right one, you feel it, this is where you have to move in. I had it many times in Amsterdam, moved about 4-5x in a year, then in Vienna, and we were so sure, looked at each other when we entered the flat and nodded, yes, we are taking this. Which is a bit weird feeling when it is the first place you check out, but still!! All Scott said, with the camera in his hand: "We take it!". So, the woman said, she really liked us, but she still has to talk to her sister, because they own the place together. The agency is going to call us back tomorrow in the morning and after that we shook hands as a not official agreement, but fingers really crossed we have this place! We have to have it...we both fell in love with it, there is the Margit island behind it and a dog run for the dogs just behind the building. No neighbour, because they live abroad, this calls for a house warming party as soon as we move in:)!!! 

If possible, we try to sign the papers on Friday, and move in as soon as we can. This must be faith, we both believe that we deserve this flat, it is what we wanted and since there are no coincidences in life, we have a stronger feeling every day that it was for the best we left Vienna early and we are where we have to be at the moment!

We were standing in the middle of the city, the owner told us, they call us back tomorrow, but no one else is going to view the flat today. We just wanted to sign the contract there and then, but tried to stay cool (failed) and said okay. We still decided to go to the other viewing, just out of curiosity, but too excited anyway by the thought of moving to the city soon in the best flat ever!

It started raining, like in the movies, showing the mood we had over the next flat, haha. It was also in the the same district, next to the Deli train station. We were standing in front of the building, the contact person was late, and when they arrived, it was a very young couple showing us into the apartment. Nothing was really wrong, yet everything was a little bit weird. First, you go into a place, which is all right, but then you pass the kitchen which looks like a mess, full of dirty dishes, Scott´s first question was: "Are people still living here?". "Actually, no, we only come here to party"...you could tell, the fridge was mouldy, still some beers in it, everything was a bit messy. To be honest, the first place put our standards so high, even if the second one was okay, we still probably wouldn´t like it. That´s why it was easier that we didn`t like it at all. Just told them, that we have to catch our train back to Balaton, and contact them after we get the answer from the other flat, but even if they say no, we don`t want to move there. We found our place, so no doubt, we are going to get it!!

From the city, we took a ridiculously long trip back to the lake house, and surprisingly, we found the flat in almost perfect condition (since then, the dogs went crazy, but still...), so not much left to do today than hope for the best, and just for the record, we seriously can´t wait to get to Budapest!!!

All this in an action packed video, Lost in the city:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfig4nWrVI