moving update
07.09.2010 
0h19Damien and I went to Vichy this afternoon to sign a lease on our new apartment, and let me just say, we are pretty lucky. We found an amazing apartment, and even though we can't move in until the first week of September, we're pretty happy.
The details: first of all, it's located on Boulevard des Etats-Unis (Boulevard of the United States), which is pretty coincidental, right? It's in an old building that became pretty well known during World War II and the Vichy regime as one of the main buildings taken over by the Gestapo.
We've got 118 square meters, which is more than double the size of my current apartment. Add another 22 square meters of balcony/patio/terasse, and that's a pretty impressive apartment! There are two toilets, a bath, and a shower - all in separate rooms, as the French love to separate the two. There are three bedrooms: our bedroom has an en-suite shower and is pretty big. The second room is just as big, and we'll make it a guest room. The third room is slightly smaller, although still a good size, and that will become our office. The kitchen is big and open onto the 46 square meter living room. To top it all off, there are tons of closets, so we'll have plenty of storage space.
While it's pretty far from the train station (about a 15 minute walk), the balcony looks out over the parks. We're literally steps away from the beautiful parks along the river in Vichy, which means that my daily run will start up again, and in a more beautiful setting than here in Clermont (where I run past the Michelin factory). The apartment is away from the street, so it's a lot quieter.
The funny thing is, both Damien and I will be paying less next year for our apartment than we were paying for our individual apartments. The new apartment is almost 200E cheaper per month than the 2 bedroom, 55 sq meter apartment that Damien and Marie-Laure were renting in Paris. The only problem is that heating that big of an apartment might be expensive, but luckily there are lots of doors to close off different parts of the apartment.
I've only got pictures right now of the apartment with other people's stuff in it, but you can go to century 21's site and see some pictures there, if you're curious.
Update (July 11): I've posted the pictures I took of the apartment, which you can view here
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Wow, congrats - sounds like an amazing place!
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- ksam
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oh my god looks amazing! congrats!15mn walk to the train station is not that bad compared to this great new appartment!!!
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- Edith
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LOVE it Erica!! Congrats! It looks like such a nice place!!
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- krissy
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wowza.. your place is incredible!!!
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- kristen
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Loving the new digs! And, can't wait to see you!!!
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- Sara
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