Goodbye Hotel Living!

It was so great to wake up in our own bed this morning and not to be sharing a room with Ellie.  We got a pretty early start because we had to head over to the hotel to pick up the last of our belongings: check out was at noon.  We stopped by the “handy bar” as Ellie has named the breakfast bar for a quick breakfast.  While at breakfast, we saw John and Angie.  They are the last of the ex-pats moving from Kinston.  They had arrived on Wednesday.  We were able to get the rest of our things in three suitcases and a loaded down stroller.  Ellie was not sad at all to say goodbye to the hotel room. 

One last train ride with luggage and we were officially moved in.   Brain, Joannah and their children Logan and Landon stopped by about 1pm to pick up a few boxes that their family had put on our shipment.  They showed us a neat website called Blocket.  It is the Swedish version of Craigslist.  It will be interesting to browse the site and see what deals we can find. 

The rest of the afternoon was pretty laid back.  We are all a little worn out from the events of the weekend.  Ellie and I took naps, while David met some friends on Gamla Stan to watch the Formula One race.  After naps, Ellie and I went bike riding.  We were trying to find the “big” store that David had gone too.  Basically I have no sense of direction and we rode around in circles.  We ended up just stopping at the neighborhood ICA for a few staples that we needed.  Ellie is doing great riding her bike.  David or I ride in the bike path and she rides beside me on the sidewalk.  It is just a little safer that way because they ride pretty fast here.  She is getting good at knowing what side of the pole the ramp is on and listens well on stopping for lights.


Ellie watching out the window for Daddy to come home from the grocery store.