The new pad!

And at last, the world of photos is opened up to me!  Let me take you on a tour of where we’ll be calling home for at least a year….

Firstly, let’s get our bearings.  We’ve opted to live in Pembroke which is the parish that’s houses the capital, Hamilton.  This means we’re only a 15 minute walk from Toby’s work, and the majority of the sporting, dining and drinking options on the island.  We’re just a few hundred metres from the ‘north shore’ but this is mostly rocky and not for sunbathing and swimming.  The south shore that houses the famous pink beaches is a 20 minute  scooter ride away.  That bit all sounds good but a quarter of the whole island’s population lives in this parish (there’s 9) and it’s also where the majority of the 600,000 tourists (adding to the tiny in comparison 65,000 who live here!) spend a lot of time.  We still think it’s great though!

So, please step through our back door into the kitchen…

Exciting stuff!  The fridge is HUGE, very American – good job we’ve chosen to store everything in there!

Here’s our living room, as you can see there’s plenty of room for us to get creative with throws, cushions and the like! 🙂

It’s a sofa bed and waiting to welcome it’s first guest!  The best bit though, is where I was standing to take the picture……

……The games ‘room’!!!

We’re currently learning to play Backgammon and are eagerly awaiting our sea freight delivery with some more games!

From the living/games room area we have some patio doors and a bit of land for dining alfresco and the compulsory BBQ!

Finally, here’s a picture of the bedroom.  The closets are big enough to walk in and have plenty of hanging and shelf space.  No need to rely on Ikea to sort your storage woe’s here!

Lot’s of space and close to town.  Hopefully we’ve chosen well.  Fingers crossed for a happy year ahead!

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