Looks like we're moving

Stewart was told that we would be able to check out the new house today instead of waiting until July 9th. I met him for lunch at the embassy (dal makhani and naan - yum!) and then we met up with the housing contact. The house isn't anything special to look at from the outside. And it's weird here in India. In the states, it makes sense that the front of the house is what faces the street or at least the front door is where it looks like the front of your house is. Not here. The part of the house facing the street is structured to make ou think it's the front but it's not. The front door is actually on the side right next to the carport. On the first floor, there are two bedrooms. One of the bathrooms has access from the hall which I like instead of walking through a bedroom to the bathroom. There's a little tiny room just of closets. The living room and dining room are big and the kitchen is a lot bigger than what we have here. It even has a pantry! The upstairs has one bedroom and the washer and dryer. The bedroom is nice because it has doors on opposite sides of the room that open to allow for cross ventilation. It also opens onto a nice sized balcony. The dogs will like sitting out there and watching people walk by.

The downsides are that we're moving away from the Rays. Right now, we can walk to their place in about 10 minutes. We're both getting cars and drivers so it won't be like we never see each other. We just lose that convenience of being close by. The gate there also isn't as high as I would like it to be. It's not even 5 feet at its lowest point. this can be fixed though - just a matter of whether we pay for it or the landlord pays for it.

And .... there's a 15th century tomb across the street. No big deal...