Chez Nous: La Cuisine

So we're thinking about trying to organize a  
home exchange this summer.

The idea is that we trade a stay in our apartment in Annecy 

for a week or two in somebody else's home. 

Et voila... an interesting & affordable way to vacation!

It would be great to spend time in another part of France

that I don't know yet.

(Brittany? The Atlantic coast near Bordeaux?) 

Or why not swap houses with someone in Italy or Spain? 

I really like the idea of being on vacation
somewhere new 

but with a home base

& it's always fun to pretend you're a local even when you're not. 

("Mais oui, I live just around the corner from here...
until next Saturday, that is!")

Anyway.

Today I took some photos of chez nous 

so that I can complete our profile
on the home-exchange site we've chosen.

While I'm at it, I thought I might as well post a few on here.

Let's start in the kitchen, shall we?

Here's where I eat my breakfast most mornings.

That's a wi-fi radio on the table, which means I can tune in to CBC Vancouver while sipping my tea.

Isn't that great?

 

This kitchen is much bigger than the one in our last apartment,

has about six million times the cupboard space

& features a dishwasher!

Hey presto, 99.9% less bickering between me & FQ
about whose turn it is to faire la vaisselle!

 

More cupboards & drawers & storage, oh my!

(Also, looks like it's time to clear off the front of the fridge.

Again.

Where does all that stuff come from, anyway?!)

 

Oh, this photo isn't going on the home-exchange site, 

but I thought you'd like to have a closer look
at my retro-licious new canisters.

Aren't they fun?

 

Coming up tomorrow: the living room.

Can you even handle the suspense??