Our search for a flat and Tea Balls!

Today was a good day.

I went to my crazy Peruvian doctor in the a.m. (I'm talking LOONEY--i.e. he couldn't open my Coumadin pill jar; so apparently it's child-safe and Dr. Noetzli safe as well). Maybe he should look into one of these rubber pill jar openers from pharmacy.com:



My INR numbers were a little on the high side and I found out that I'm anemic (dangit!), but other than that, I'm confident that the clot is going, going, gone, and I won't have to worry about all this blood stuff anymore.

On a lighter note, Nathan and I checked out an apartment in the hills of Lausanne, a town called Chailly. It was a cute apartment (very European aka TEENSY) with a balcony, an attic, a cellar, a parking spot (extra 145 CHF). I didn't take pictures because they were totally renovating the inside--I'm talking walls were semi-intact, there was a hole where the toilet should've been, and kitchen was bare (no sink, no counters, nothing). There were pros and cons to this apartment, but we're going to put an application in anyway. Tomorrow we see the apartment we're really excited about in terms of location. Will keep you updated!

Chailly:


After the apartment viewing, we walked around the square and saw a little tea-to-go shop that had these tea balls (boules a thé). I've seen people walking around, eating these tea balls and have been on a search for almost FOUR DAYS for these coveted balls. Regardless, we found the balls. And they...were...delicious. They are basically doughnut holes covered in sugar, but I think calling them "boules a thé" not only makes me sound pretty awesome (and slightly pretentious) but makes them taste better too. Now I need to figure out when they bake the balls so I can get them HOT! mmmmm.



Finally, we made it home after a shopping errand (here in Europe, you shop NIGHTLY for dinner...still getting used to it) and made delicious chicken and cous cous with Moroccan Mint Tea!