House setup

The setup of our new house is going well. We got off to a slow start, but are now in the home stretch. It wasn’t easy trying to find what we needed in a big town, and with slowly improving language, but we learned a lot about the city and a lot of Kurdish by immersion. The challenge was frustrating and fun at the same time. At one end we needed to know how to understand directions from a national who was just trying to help, then try to communicate to the shop owner what we need (how many, what size, what color, etc.), and then on the other end, we had to try and talk with the delivery guys over the phone on how to find our house. (Keep in mind the delivery guys speak Kurdish and there is no address system here in Erbil.) In less than a week we should have our bedroom furniture. The girls are excited to be able to put their things away and stop living out of suitcases! The biggest items left to purchase are furniture pieces for the living room. We have found something we really like, but we are nearing the end of our budget, so we have a tough decision to make.

Click here to see some pictures of our house and here to see some fun pics from around the neighborhood.