Busybusybusy Part 2

As I said before, so much happened today!! We are finally done with everything apart from writing the blog, but tomorrow it starts again, I guess till we are opening it is going to be non stop. So much good news today!! So, the day was all about getting ourselves a new flat, a normal home finally where we can relax after work, take a shower, and where the dogs have a perfect place. The whole weekend I called so many agents, but we were still not sure what is going to happen with the flat above the bar. I was less and less interested in it everyday and just felt like it is such a commitment that it would just be stupid to take it on in the state that it is in, saying that we would be able to 100% buy it eventually. It made it a bit more difficult, that we knew, the flat can only be maximum 5 minutes walk from Lost, and it has to take the dogs and it should be at a reasonable price as well. Anyway, I talked to a lot of people and arranged some viewings for today and tomorrow. Yesterday we decided that we are not taking the flat above for sure, Scott said first, that he is going to sign it for himself, but since we have a budget for the two of us it doesnt make a difference, plus I told him, I do him a favour not letting him signing the papers, it is just too much at the moment. So this is were we were yesterday, we knew, we have nowhere to go and only have 11 days till the opening, and we have to get the dogs a nice home.

In the meantime Scott took care of the outside bit, he went to the printers and now the front just looks amazing, it is done, we even put two signs on the light above the door, so people can see it from the street, it is perfect! Last week the painters done the front of the building and they painted it a greyish purple colour, but some of the main house tenants had a problem with it as usual so today they re-did it, now it is plain white, but actually it looks even better for us, you really cant miss the bar once you go pass it.

The representative was here from Coca Cola, he is really cool, we think he understands what we are trying to do here, and I guess he can help us a lot. We signed the papers and got some promotional stuff, I am especially happy about the Jack Daniels ice cube holder, it is so classy! We only have a couple of things on the bar now, but it makes such a huge difference, that it actually looks like a bar now... and there is so much more to come this week. Tomorrow, we get the first glasses from Heineken and on Thursday we are getting the beer taps too with the fridge hopefully, so it is not long now and we can practice for the opening and test pour our first lost in budapest beer. To be honest there is still a lot to do, we have to come up with a system how we are going to work, but I think it is just going to be a matter of time, and this place is going to run very smooth. I cant believe that I can do what I love to do, and not only that, but all the decisions made are ours, everything here represents us and our way till here. One again, it wasnt easy, and it is nowhere finished, but now we can see the results. It was such a journey, crazy!! The Coca Cola fridges and the first order of drinks come in on next Thursday, so it is a bit last minute, but everything else is going to be ready by then. For this, we had to get our company stamp done as well, so I think we are almost finished with all the legal parts of the company. 

After signing with Coca Cola we had to hurry for a viewing across the road, only about 5 minutes away from the bar. The building was a bit similar to our last flat in Vienna with Dori as you enter, she will know what I am talking about, but I had a good feeling, because that flat was very nice... So, it wasnt dirty or anything, just a bit old. As we entered, we went into the most unique property I have seen recently and I moved way too much in the past 3 years. It is a home of a painter, Marta Kiss, who by the way paints beautiful pictures. The flat is about 60m2 but it has a gallery as well all the way through. The best part is the kitchen and the bathroom, which has a black and white tiles on the floors it reminds us so much of alice in wonderland. We just need a big mattress on the gallery and that is it. They built it up really beautiful and it feels like a relaxing island in the middle of the city, 3 minutes away from the bar. We told her, we wanted it straight away, and she said, there is also a friend interested in it, but we were quicker, so we can take it. And they have a dog and a cat too, so she doesnt mind us having the monkeys in. Ruby and Sky are going to be so happy there!! So, the next step is that she is going to send us the contract and then we can move in fingers crossed before the weekend. YAY! so many results in a day, we start the week knowing we have a place to go and we can focus on the bar. The first flat was far, the landlady not nice, no hot water, weird neighbours, now we get a very nice landlady, we have already been introduced to our neighbour, who is lovely. We can cook a nice meal and sit down in the kitchen at a table, it sounds weird but we have not had that for ages... Can it get any better?

A lot left for tomorrow, we get the fire safety person coming over in the morning, than the Heineken pr and

glasses and we can work on the bar setup as well. Finally...this past 3 weeks felt like ages, it seems unreal that we can sleep in a bed in a few days. It looks like all that hard work and a couple of nervous breakdowns are going to pay off:).