Moving into Milano!

Between all my trips this summer, I spent a week in Milan moving into the city. I had been living in Opera, a suburb, but my favorite neighbors Kate, Simon and Tegan were all moving home so it felt like it was time to make a change. I feared staying in Opera, wishing for another year as wonderful as I had had previously, and thought it best not to have such high expectations.

Several people from our school were leaving, so I scouted apartments in the city early on. The apartment that I chose belonged to our Upper School counselor, Virginia, who was moving to Dubai. It is small, but has lots of charm, and despite its size, actually has more storage space than my bigger apartment did in Opera. It's located two metro stops from the Duomo, the heart of the city, and it's right along the tram line that takes me to school.

Here are some pictures!

Living room, with cute niches for displaying stuff!

View the other way...I've put a smaller chair in the place of the one in the corner now.

small breakfast bar...ooh, a microwave!
After two years without, I was given one (thanks Lisa!) so I happily accepted!

kitchen
This kitchen has an oven, which not every apartment does! What would I do without an oven?!?!?!

From front door- dining table to right, kitchen on left.

There's a bathroom between the front and back halves of the apartment.

My armoire holds all my shoes. That's good and bad...since it's full,
it means that I have to get rid of some before buying more~

the back room of my apartment has a set of stairs up to the bed

The most amazing stairs/closet I have even seen!
Every set of steps has a hanging bar and drawers! 

My bed is up in a loft. You can't stand up all the way.
Please excuse the messy bed! Have you ever tried to make a bed in a loft like this? : P

view from the bed down to the "closet"

Shout out to Ann and Sean for helping me move! I couldn't have done it without you!