30 Steps

So, after alot of huffing and puffing, we are finaly in Malta, and finaly have internet connection (which in Malta is nothing you get lightning fast unless you know someone with pull, and we don’t).

I will start by letting you know that the day we left (Saturday) began with me trying to sleep in late, and I woke up around noon (normal time). Then I got everything settled with my old apartment, throwing stuff and cleaning the place.

And after killing off a lot of time I decided to sleep since I was informed I was driving down to Skavsta at 2.00 in the night, and sleep went out the window, so when my brother came by at 2 I was a bit tired already.

We picked up Henrik and Maria and decided for a quick bite in Gävle at Max (a Swedish burger joint) before the rest of the 260 km trip to the airport.

When there and finaly got our food we noticed that it was 3 already, and we had last check-in time for bags at 5.00, so I had to step on the gas a bit, but everthing went as planned and we got there in time.

As most of you know, I’m a fat bastard, and if I would have ate all my fries before the trip I am sure I would NOT have fit in the chair on the plane, so from now on I either lose some of the fat or fly SAS home to Sweden next time, so FUCK Ryanair for having seats made for kids J #fatpeopleneedthespace

We landed in Malta at 10.15 on Sunday morning, and from the 4 degrees we had when we left Sweden we now got hit by 20+ in Malta, WELCOME !

We got our bags and got a cab to drive us to the hotel we had booked for 1 night and then got it on with the apartment hunting.

We had booked 2 persons and both of them showed us great places, both Christina Schembri from inhouseproperties.com and Aurelie from Dhalia.com (whom btw Henrik think looks like Anne Hatheway).

We had 1 place in mind after seeing all the places, but we wanted to see more, so they both set up a few places for us to see on Monday. 

But I must say that I think we could have taken the last one we saw if it was not rented out for 1-2 weeks already to othere people, and it’s such a fuzz to move in to one place, sign a contract, then move to another place and sign a contract, and pay fees all over, so we said no sadly no thanks.

The hotel was not the best, but when we on Monday morning asked if we could move our check-out time to 12 instead of 11 it was no problem (thanks).

We then saw a few places, one of them was located just about 300 meters from where I will be working, and it was awesome looking, and brand new. They asked for 1300 even though they already had tenants that had agreed on the place (that is Malta for you…) but we had our budget set at 1100, so  we said no thanks and then they offered us another place (exactly the same they said) for 1100…(smells funny).

We asked to see it and they said they could not show it because it was not done yet, so they could only show the little they had done (and it was close, but the kitchen was not the same so it was no good), and then they offered yet another place, but it had no AC in 2 of the bedrooms and with around 30 degrees in Malta at the moment, I for one need an AC.

So we decided to take the place we was shown on Sunday by Christina (whom by the way is a very beautiful girl) and we called her and the place was still available, so we went there and signed a contract and after a looooong day we could relax with having decided on a place to live.

There is only one thing wrong with the apartment, and that is the location, it’s located a bit too far from the Casino, and a bit too far from work, so I will be forced to get a car or a moped, or take a taxi to work every day, which will not be cheap in the long run.

In the beginning I’ll take a taxi, and when the paychecks comes in, then we will see if I afford anything else.

So, the apartment then…

You can see pictures below of the place, and as you can see it’s very long.

I have 30 steps (52 referee steps) from my bedroom to the kitchen, so I do not even feel bad if I at night were to get up and grab a snack, since I almost burn that off on the way back to my bedroom.

We also have a little balcony where I hope to be sitting some night when I have a day off from the working grind (such a fuzz that you need to earn money) and can relax with life.

Henrik as expected took a cab with Maria down to Portomaso Casino on Monday night cause “I want to play the tournament, it looks nice” which he would have said about a crushed bug covered in shit if he only could bet on it (degenerate).

He pissed away a chiplead with 10 players left and 6 got payed, and I told him my side of things and he did not agree, so for those that know Hinken (nothing new). 

Tuesday night was just the same, we had barely finished eating the food Maria so kindly cooked for us when Hinken glanced for the second time on the watch and then stressed away to play yet another tournament. 

This time I think he ended up with a profit at least, and let us hope that continues both live and online since I will otherwise throw him out and rent out his place in the apartment. 

Here are the pictures of the apartment we live in. 

/Jinxen