Tuesday was Valentines Day and Joel and I's third anniversary. I woke up to my chef cooking me breakfast, my favorite chocolates, and cards from my sweetie and my parents (which Mom had tucked away for me).
Since we got married on the beach (in Ocho Rios, Jamaica) I decided there was no better way to celebrate then by going to the beach. It was too windy to swim, so we just walked along the shore.
While walking down the beach we got a call from one of the apartments we had applied at, the Marrakesh. We got it! Extra reason to celebrate. We can move in tomorrow. We headed over and got all our rent papers signed and got the keys. It's a one bedroom unit, fully furnished including our own laundry, and the building is super nice. It has an indoor and outdoor pool and hot tub, a rooftop terrace and a gym. It's just on the border of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, so it's a little quieter area then being on the main drag. It's only a block from the beach! The supers are really sweet. We had originally planned on renting a two bedroom, as that's what we were used to back home, but quickly learned that the two bedrooms in our budget were in not so nice buildings. This one is a decent size, we'll just have to be very organized.
(More pics to come later)
We decided to head back to the mall in Robina to pick up some home stuff. The apartment comes with basic kitchen supplies, but we needed to buy our own linens. It was fun to pick out new things! We got nice towels, sheets and pillows, as well as some hangers and a T-fal (called Te-fal here) pan for Joel. I can't wait to use our new pillows- the ones at the hotel are crap!
After shopping we unloaded all our new purchases at the apartment, then headed back to the hotel to chill in the hot tub. We showered and got dressed up to go out for a nice dinner, then walked into Surfers. At this point it was nine o'clock, still a reasonable dinner time in Canadian restaurants. In Australia, however, it is not. After walking up and down the main strip, we realized that all the restaurants had stopped serving food! Only a few pubs serving booze only were open. We were both super hungry and had no food left in our fridge so had to go to the only place that was still open- McDonald's. How romantic. At least we were able to take our food and sit outside overlooking the beach. Most importantly, we were together. (Last year Joel was in BC with in dying Nana). We will have a dinner in lieu tomorrow.
Since we got married on the beach (in Ocho Rios, Jamaica) I decided there was no better way to celebrate then by going to the beach. It was too windy to swim, so we just walked along the shore.
While walking down the beach we got a call from one of the apartments we had applied at, the Marrakesh. We got it! Extra reason to celebrate. We can move in tomorrow. We headed over and got all our rent papers signed and got the keys. It's a one bedroom unit, fully furnished including our own laundry, and the building is super nice. It has an indoor and outdoor pool and hot tub, a rooftop terrace and a gym. It's just on the border of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, so it's a little quieter area then being on the main drag. It's only a block from the beach! The supers are really sweet. We had originally planned on renting a two bedroom, as that's what we were used to back home, but quickly learned that the two bedrooms in our budget were in not so nice buildings. This one is a decent size, we'll just have to be very organized.
(More pics to come later)
We decided to head back to the mall in Robina to pick up some home stuff. The apartment comes with basic kitchen supplies, but we needed to buy our own linens. It was fun to pick out new things! We got nice towels, sheets and pillows, as well as some hangers and a T-fal (called Te-fal here) pan for Joel. I can't wait to use our new pillows- the ones at the hotel are crap!
After shopping we unloaded all our new purchases at the apartment, then headed back to the hotel to chill in the hot tub. We showered and got dressed up to go out for a nice dinner, then walked into Surfers. At this point it was nine o'clock, still a reasonable dinner time in Canadian restaurants. In Australia, however, it is not. After walking up and down the main strip, we realized that all the restaurants had stopped serving food! Only a few pubs serving booze only were open. We were both super hungry and had no food left in our fridge so had to go to the only place that was still open- McDonald's. How romantic. At least we were able to take our food and sit outside overlooking the beach. Most importantly, we were together. (Last year Joel was in BC with in dying Nana). We will have a dinner in lieu tomorrow.
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