That said, we can't tell you how thrilled we are to finally have lined up a place to call home. After extensive searching with the help of a makkelaar ("mack-kuh-larrr"), or real estate agent, we finally found and have closed the deal on a rental house in Amstelveen ("Am-stell-vayne"), the city due south of Amsterdam where Josy works. Whew!
It's a brick townhouse in the northern, older part of Amstelveen. Like many homes in The Netherlands, it's small by American standards. But it does have a useful layout, with a bedroom for guests. That's handy since, every other month, we plan to host Josy's brother Marnix, and his wife Lucy and daughters Helene and Lizzie. How nice to have a place where friends and family can actually stay!
A nice place in a nice neighborhood. Park with playground a couple blocks away. Only about a 5 min. commute for Josy. A long walk from the center of Amstelveen. Just 10 min. from the airport.
What a relief to finally have a place. Now we just have to wait till our things clear customs. They arrived Thursday evening but it may take several days to become available. And, as fate would have it, the end of the month tends to be the busy time for the moving company, which tells us they don't have room on their schedule to actually move the freight to our house anytime next week.
So close, and yet so far. But it's been nice at least to visit the new digs and let the kids run around, even if we can't actually move in yet. All in good time...
P.S. Here are a few satellite photos and maps, to give an idea of where we'll be:
1. Map of Northwestern Europe
2. Satellite Image of Amsterdam and Amstelveen
3. Satellite Image of Our New Home
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