Apartment appointments and a decision made!

Here we go....we have appointments at 11:00am, 14:00 (2:00pm) and 16:00 (4:00pm) with 3 different agents, one of which is Maria Marin's our waitress at restaurant La Fabbrica Della Pasta friend.  

We first met Andres Roca of Elite Habitat Inmobiliaria.  His English was limited.  He took us to see the apartment we saw on their web site and had asked to see.  It was new with two levels, had a small deck and worked well with the kitchen and dining room next to each other.  But it didn't move us.  He then wanted to take us to another one, which we agreed to as we had the time.  When we saw it we liked it very much.  It had a nicer deck area, it was larger with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.  The dining and living room felt more live able and the deck was good.  It was on the 6th floor, just off the main street Calle Colon.  It even has a doorman Javier. We liked it a lot.  We happened to meet the owner Eva as she was cleaning it.  

After seeing this we went back to our hotel and looked at the other apartments we were to see and our 14:00 was not as nice, so we cancelled that meeting.  To our surprise the 16:00 appointment was the exact same apartment as the 2nd on Andres took us to see.  So we cancelled the 16:00 went over to Andres office and snatched up the 3/2.  YES we have an apartment and a lease until March of 2017!

We felt SO happy and excited and so much more at ease that the pressure was off of us.

For enjoyment we decided to visit IVAM as they had a American Documental Photography in the Thirties.  "In the field of photography, the pictures that best illustrate the social sequels of the Great Depression after the stock market crash of 1929 are the ones taken by the American photographers Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, Marion Post,  Gordon Parks and Russell Lee, who took part in the programme of the Farm Security Administration (FSA, 1935-1944).  Set up by the government to provide graphic documentation of the agricultural reform programme promoted by the New Deal, the project gave rise to the greatest choral account of the desolation and poverty of the rural population and their emancipation in those years.

Here are a few of their photographs

 We also saw the Julio Gonzalez (sculptor) exhibit.  We enjoyed the IVAM very much.  I am sure we will return many times during our year here in Valencia.