APARTMENT FOUND!

Last night, we signed a 2 year lease for an apartment in Hong Kong! It has a little bit of everything we were looking for. We wanted to be closer to Central (not too high up the hill), near the Mid-Level's Escalator to improve our commute time and we wanted to have views of the harbour. We were also looking for a place with 3 bedrooms (1 bedroom is the size of a closet), 2 bathrooms and an oven. Believe it or not, ovens are hard to come by in Hong Kong. In the end, we saw about 40 different places and worked with 4 different brokers. It was extremely time consuming but well worth it!

We are so excited to finally feel "settled" in Hong Kong. The big move is scheduled for next Wednesday, just in time to get settled before M's mom arrives.

You want to know what's really ironic? The weekend we decided to move to Hong Kong, I was craving an old-fashioned American breakfast. Our search for bacon and eggs led us to a restaurant called the Brunch Club on a small street in Soho called Peel Street.

When we selected our temporary Housing in December, we got a good laugh because our building was on Peel Street, just 2 blocks from the Brunch Club.

This is a view standing outside of the Brunch Club looking down Peel Street. You can see the sign for our temporary housing on the right.

And when we finally found THE apartment, it was located at the corner of Caine Street and Peel Street, just up the hill from the Brunch Club.

Brunch Club is on the left and our apartment is in the building straight ahead.

Little did we know that when we chose the Brunch Club for breakfast last Fall, we were literally within 2 blocks of our new home(s) in Hong Kong. I guess you never know what could be just around the corner.