Our Apartment

Sorry this has taken so long... Here are some pictures of our place. We're in a building called Le Catoch, which is six stories (we're on the fifth floor, beneath the penthouse) right along a main boulevard. We're also at one of the few stop lights along this road, so we're actually able to make left turns from the intersection. It has underground, gated parking and a doorman/handiman who looks after the place. Right next door to us is another couple, Matt and Amy, who also teach at CAG. It's been fun having them so close! Our apartment gets all the morning and afternoon light, so it's always bright, and with the great weather here, we keep our sliding doors open all day so there's always a nice breeze. Needless to say, we're pretty comfortable and it's not hard for me to stay put and work from home here.

This is the front door and entry way.

From the entry way, straight ahead you pass through the laundry room and into the kitchen (off to the right of the laundry room is the office/maid's room and bathroom); off to the left is the living room and dining room.

The living room, with the main balcony off of it.

The main balcony

Another view of the living room, looking back to the front door.

The dining room, which is also serving as my office until I get a table for the office. There is a mini balcony off of it.

The view off the dining room balcony.

The kitchen, which we love because it's nice and open, and it looks out onto Vista Hermosa Blvd., as well as over to our neighbors, Matt and Amy.

The view from the kitchen window. On clearer days, you can see one of the volcanoes.

Not too exciting, but a view of the small laundry room.

This is the second bedroom, which will be used for guests (the couch has a mattress in it), but we use it for watching TV and storing shoes and clothes. The main balcony is off of it as well and connects back over to the living room.

The owner was nice enough to leave us his entertainment center, which is located in the extra bedroom. Out the door and to the right is our bedroom.

Here's our bedroom, which has its own mini balcony, too. Notice the BIG and free king size bed! We just got it and are pretty excited... There's a neat, hand-made Mayan quilt on it.

Another view of our bedroom.

Built-in storage in our bedroom, which is great as it saved us from needing to buy a couple dressers.

This view is from the main balcony looking onto our bedroom's mini balcony.

Last, a view down to the street corner below, which conveniently offers a tienda (mini grocery store offering just about everything you need), salon, pharmacy, bakery, ice cream shop, and gas station. We love our location!

I didn't show any pictures of my office as there's nothing in it yet besides broken down boxes, a book shelf, and some cleaning supplies. Likewise, the bathroom off it is holding our suitcases in the shower, so it doesn't make for the most interesting picture. But my office does look out onto Vista Hermosa and will be a nice space to work in once I have a table for it. Also, I didn't show any pictures of our bathrooms because even though they're very nice, they're not that neat to look at.

Hope you all enjoyed seeing our place!