Yesterday morning we got up early to be able to move to our temporary apartment before check-out time (11 am at the hotel). After breakfast we started to pack the last things and move them – me walking 2 times with suitcases, grocery bags etc. and Bas riding his bike with large backpack on 3 times. After we had everything transferred to the apartment, we took a shower at the hotel (taking advantage of the use of towels there) and checked out at 10.50 am.
We were a bit tired, so the afternoon was spent relaxing and organizing our stuff. Somebody put ‘free plants’ on the doorstep of the apartment building, so we took two nice plants (basel and parsil), which we can nurture and use now. At noon, Bas called the principal of the school he’s hoping to work for from next week on, since she had asked him to do so. They arranged to meet at 5 pm at the Black Knight’s Pub downtown, to have a drink and a chat. I was asked to come over as well, so the principal and I were able to meet too, since Bas already met her on Wednesday at the school.
It was great meeting her, she is a very lively personality and it was very easy talking with her about everything and anything. Bas and she had some pints of beer while I had a few good glasses of white wine and orange juice. The drinks were accompanied by some snacks (nachos and chicken nuggets) which was good, because after a while we had quite an appetite. We had a great time and she assured us that she’s going to help Bas with whatever he needs to have done to get the visa, as she really wants him to work for her at the school. Actually, she asked me to apply to become a subsitute-teacher as well!! I don’t think that’ll be a good idea, but it surely indicates that I made quite an impression on her as well, don’t you think?! 🙂
At about 8 pm there was live music at the pub, and we enjoyed listening to the guy singing some Irish folk songs (yeah, Clair, that’s right, Irish music in Yellowknife!!). The principal actually knew the singer, because his wife had taught at the school last year. She also knew some other people at the pub, so we got introduced to some other Yellowknifers, which was really nice.
At around 9.15 pm we called it a night and went home. Actually, we got a ride back to our apartment in the principal’s huge SUV 4-wheel drive, and she offered us that we could use that car whenever we would like…. wow! Maybe we’ll do that some time!
As we were dead tired, we decided to go to bed at 10 pm and we actually slept about 11 hours! So, we feel a lot better today. The only things we’ve done so far today is shopping for groceries and – as I am writing this – we are doing laundry across the hallway at the laundry room. It is very convenient (way more convenient than going to the laundromat at the other side of town!!) The only thing was that we didn’t have a laundry-card, but I asked one friendly neighbour and she lend hers to me and of course I’ll be paying her back the amount that cost doing the laundry.
I will put up some pictures of our new apartment later, but maybe we’ll move again tomorrow or Tuesday to the 2-bedroom apartment we want to stay the rest of our time in Yellowknife. So, we’ll keep you updated on that!