New Home (Before Photos)

Here are some quick shots of our new apartment. It is 3 bedroom, 3 bath with a combined living and dining space. There is also a "sitting area" at the entrance, which we didn't take photos of. Hopefully it will look quite a bit different after we make some adjustments :) Painting starts on Monday! Enjoy.

Haley's Bedroom

Living room/dining room

 

Master Bedroom

"Western" Bathroom. The Landlord asked us if we needed it "fixed" to make it work with toilet paper, even though he thinks it's very unsanitary. Yes, please :)

Kitchen looking into the living/dining area

Amazing Pantry in the kitchen. Out of all the apartments we saw, this was a first!

Kitchen

Office/3rd Bedroom

Laundry area. Our washing machine is now there.

We Have an Address!

Hi everyone,

Some of you have asked what (if anything) you could send us that we are missing from America already. Well, we haven't been here long, but there are a few things we can't find here. So if you're wanting to send a Christmas package our way (wink wink), here are some thoughts :) Just make sure to put everything individually in Ziplock bags. Or else we may not be the only ones enjoying the treats!


Light brown sugar
Gel/liquid food coloring (maybe in unusual colors; neon anyone?)
Peppermint candy
Raisins
Sour Patch Kids
Root Beer flavored jelly beans (We hear when you put them in Coke they taste like Dr. Pepper)
Clorox wipes
Essie nail polish
Cadbury mini-eggs
Tide Stick to-go
Crystal Light packets
Cheese-it packets to-go
Lipton Decaf family tea bags


Our new address: 101 Vimala Residency, 40
                             Kirlampudi Layout, Visakhapatnam, AP, India 530017

Things We Like About Our City!

So here are a few surprises we found around town that made our hearts happy:

-Archie Comic books are here in abundance
-We live on the beach
-The strawberry ice cream is amazing
-Everything in our city is within a 15 minute auto ride radius
-People are very helpful
-There are always new sights (and smells) to experience
-The local produce is crazy cheap
-Both frozen and fresh chicken are available (even though we've only ever gotten frozen, and the locals think we're crazy for doing so)
-Indians love "American-style" corn on everything
-You can go to the movies for a little under $2