Are you ready for this?

It has been a long time coming, but at long last it is here. What am I talking about? The pictures of my flat here in Prague of course!! Prepare to be green with envy...
Here is our front door, which after we open we have to *click* on the lights and prey they stay on for our walk up to the 4th floor (see stairwell below)



When you finally reach the top and open our front door, you see the hallway. Nice 70's style lighting don't you think? Then immediately to your right you have the kitchen.


All of our cupboards and closets in the flat don't have what you would call "handles". Instead we have these keys. You have to lock and unlock them every time you want to open and close anything. Or you could fuck with your roommate and lock everything and take out all the keys so they can't open anything. Then watch them sit there and cry because they just want to cook some food. (just kidding, I would never do this)

This is what I like to call our "adolescent fridge". It's bigger than a mini fridge, and not yet a full size fridge. (Britney reference anyone?) Also note our trash can next to it... only one in the flat.

And here is our stove/oven. It's gas, AND we have to light it each time we want to use it. This took some getting used to as far as the oven goes. You have to turn the gas on, stick your hand in there with the lighter, light the gas, then you have to sit there and HOLD the gas on while you count to 30. If you don't do this the gas will not stay on and you will not be able to cook anything. Apparently it is some sort of old-school child lock. I guess kids back in the day also suffered from ADD.

Ever wonder what happened to the Great Greek hero Herkules? We eat him here in Prague.

This is our wonderful it-takes-3-hours-to-do-one-load-and-the-clothes-still-come-out-wet washing machine. We have to plug it in and turn on the water every time before we use it.

Alright, this is just ridiculous. The world's smallest ironing board. Check out the water bottle and my cell for a size reference. Geez, as if ironing wasn't painful enough before... now it takes 3 times as long!

This would be a picture of our ONLY "sharp" knife. All the rest are butter knives. Note the wood handle that is splintering at the top. And also see what happens if you put too much pressure on it... uh oh! Did you really need that finger?

And next we come to the bathroom, or really the shower and sink room.

I don't know if you can tell from here, but the shower is an insanely high distance from the floor. My first shower I almost fell and killed myself as I was getting out. Take these facts into account: 1) I didn't have my contacts in so my depth perception was already bad 2) It was slippery!! 3) No where before have I had to step THAT far to get out of a shower so I wasn't prepared for the mini free-fall I was about to experience.

Ahh, the icon on our toilet room. Just in case you forgot what to do in there...

And here is the toilet room. Literally what they call here a "Water closet".

And how do we flush?? By pulling the cord or course!

Then we are in hall #2 which leads to the door to my room.

This is my door. Anything seem a little strange to anyone? It's glass! Both room doors and the kitchen door are like this. Not really sure why.. I mean a room has a door to give you privacy right?

My room! Pink anyone? (another room lit by a chandelier)


And I will leave you with the nice serene mural that covers one side of my room. I get to fall asleep looking at it everynight. Does it remind anyone else of being in a bank?