To make life a little easier for myself as an Expat, I rented a furnished apartment with utilities included. I had figured it would make the transition much easier and I wouldn't have to worry about furniture and setting up utilities. When I was looking at apartments I looked at several that were not good fits for me. When I saw my current apartment, I really just spent a few minutes in it, instantly knew it was for me and left. I didn't know to what extent the apartment would be furnished. I wasn't expecting when I arrived here for there to be bed linens, towels, and even a toothbrush waiting for me. I brought along a lot of sheets, towels, kitchen utensils, and even pots and pans. In most cases I've been using the items I've brought just because they are more familiar to me.
There were a few things I didn't bring because I knew they would be useless here. For one, electrical appliances. You can use them here but they would need a adapters and converters. Europe is on a 210 vs US 110 so I could fry my appliances.
Also the standard bed sizes are completely different. I was surpised at how difficult it is to find a slaken or flat sheet here. Hoeslaken or fitted sheets are of course everywhere. I love that they are listed on the labels as "een persoon bed" and "twee persoons bed" My bed measures 180x200 making it a European King Sized bed. I find this quite comical. I sleep in a fetal position or on my tummy all night and don't move much. There I am all 5'3" of me in this big bed. Well I do move around or sleep on my tummy if I have trouble sleeping. I may get a big stuffed animal to stay on my bed all night.
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