May 22, 2016

Our plane arrived 25 minutes early in New York so we were not so rushed to meet anyone. We worked ourselves to luggage pickup and then began trying to figure out who Bro. and Sister Frei were as they were trying to figure out who we were. We connected after about 15 minutes and our first lesson of New York was don’t plan on getting anywhere fast. Be prepared to take your time.

As we drove to our apartment which was about 1 ½ hrs. from the airport, we became a little nervous about the environment we were being put in. Here are some pictures of what we had to adjust to.

This is the street looking down from our apartment entrance and the entrance to our apartment on 9 Thayer Street, apt 11-E

 

 This is the elevator door to our apt on the 5^th floor.

You open the blue door and then it closes and the white door closes.

This is inside the elevator. And now the best part is the floor in the elevator. 

About this time, we were really worried about what the rest was going to be. But after a little adjusting, our apartment is really quite nice and large. Here is a tour of our apartment.

This is the outside hall to our apartment and the main entry hall inside and below is a picture of two happy missionaries waiting to see the surprise within.

 As we opened the door we looked down a long main entry way.  To the right their was the kitchen, and next down the hall was a large dining area.

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At the end of the main hall is a large living room.

 

Before entering the living room there is a long hall to your right going the bathroom and bedroom. 

 

 

 The bathroom is really cozy, but trying to organize or put anything away in the bathroom is not going to happen without some ingenuity.

 All in all, our apartment has a lot of personality when you get on the inside. What a great lesson to learn on our first day.