Parents at the new pad

My parents came over to visit this weekend and it was fun showing off the new apartment. However, we really have not had much time to work on it and we will be getting new laminate floor (yuck), but it is at least new and for free and walls are getting painted. This is one of the great things about renting. You don't have to worry about things like this just have someone else come and fix it (no charge to you). As many of you might know, we are loosers when it comes to realestate since we still couldn't sell our condo in Chicago. That is, we have decided to stay away from buying any apartment or house until the market recovers in US and we can sell our condo. I might be renting an apartment in a retiree community by then, who know? The weird thing with apartments in Sweden is that they come without lamps (yep, no ceiling lamps and not even cords to hook them up) and wihtout appliances. I did take full advantage of my dad and his truck this weeekend so we went to pick up a dishwasher and lots of lamps and other electricity things needed. I rather buy a dishwasher than do the dishes. My dad said that he probably won't come over to our apartment again since we have him work so hard. A joke, I think. Well, it wasn't all hard work. We did go have a great lunch in Nyhavn and also walked around in the harbor of skanor. Very nice day trip. We were also showing of our support for the
cyclones in honor or the rivalry football game. Wish we could have been there and tailgated with our friends, I really miss this part of the culture. There is no tailgating in Sweden. However, we did have a drunken (not really on our part) phone call with them.