Day 3-4 Recap

Here's a brief recap of Days 3-4

1.  Saw 3 more apartments on Friday - 2 of which will work.  I'm torn between 3 of them seen between the 3 days we looked.  I like the price/location at one, the size of another and the inclusions in the third.  I'm leaning toward one in the Bezuidhoutse area because of location, but it doesn't have closets.  I think that can be fixed with a trip to Ikea - which I'm sure will be the first of many.
2.  No more sticker shock over the past 2 days.  Dry cleaning has been it so far - I can't tell if that's because I just had low expectations and assumed everything would be expensive or if it isn't that bad.  In front of a jury of my peers, they would probably convict me of low expectations.
3.  Temp apartment continues to be awesome.  If I could just stay here - that would solve everything.  Most likely out of the price range though.
4.  After 3 long days of grocery shopping and apartment hunting, we treated ourselves to a trip to the beach on Friday night for fish/chips on the boardwalk.  I can't pronounce or spell the name of the beach - but it's pretty great.  If anyone comes to visit, I will definitely be taking people there.
5.  Related note - we figured out the TRAM!  Huge success.  So far has saved some walking, although still walking a lot.  Which is good - goes right along with Dutch plan to lose weight.
6.  Success also was had on the buses.  Limited, but success.  I was late to a meeting tonight due to confusion over the bus timing, but I still made it.  I call that success.
7.  I have an option on my house!  10 days and it will be a contract.  Contingent on buyer selling their house, so continued prayers needed for that.
8.  No news on selling the car yet - continued prayers for that as well.
9.  Today we went to Delft to continue the touristy thing started on the beach.  Delft is super cute.  I love the canals, old market square, churches, etc.  It's also the home to Royal Delft Porcelain, which is just amazing to see a factory where they still hand paint china.  
10.  It was monument day in Delft, which apparently is a big festival.  They had small marching bands going through the city (25-30 piece sets).  You could stand and watch them go by or you could follow them like you were in the parade.  We watched 5-6 go by and then got in on the action and marched for a bit behind one on the way to the next sight.  It was reallly cool.  Felt very Dutch and probably the highlight of my time here so far.

On tap for the next few days....going to Amsterdam tomorrow to sight see a bit.  Work starts Monday.  I'm sending my parents on a train on Monday to Munich - they will be there through Friday.  Excited for them!  I might be learning how to drive here this week, so prayers for that would be appreciated.  I'd like to just get a car and leave it in a garage to be used for special occasions only - but I think the more I use it, the better it will get.  Still going to focus on learning public transport though.