This is the first part, and probably the first of many of our brand new project, which we titled "Project Home".

As I mentioned before, my boyfriend and I moved in together in May of last year. But what should have turned out to be a beautiful dream, turned into the nightmare. I know due to my asthma I am more vulnerable for illnesses such as the flu and colds, but it is the third time this year that I have fallen ill (and we're only February!) and I believe stress and lack of sleep has been a big influence.

We only have been living here for ten months, but you wouldn't believe the things we have had to deal with. It is crazy. There were the weekly parties at our upstairs neighbour. We even caught his friends doing drugs one time in their car on the parking lot, which is supposed to be a parking lot for occupants of the apartments only. I can tell you, with your own car parked aside, you don’t sleeping at ease anymore. We called the cops on them, because we were scared that they would drive off in their car, possibly causing an accident in traffic. Not for their sake but for the other people on the road. Of course the cops decided not to show up.

Another thing that has been bothering us a lot is that we are paying quite a lot of rent for an apartment that is full of defects. We pretty much needed to beg over and over for repairs. And the landlord has been coming up with excuse after excuse not to do repairs. He even refuses to fix some of the things that need fixing. For instance, our boiler needs fixing. We can still use the heating and have warm water, but it is only a matter of time before it breaks down completely. You wouldn't believe the stunt the landlord pulled in order to get out of fixing it. We have a new appointment in a month to have it fix, but there is no way to tell what he is planning next.

Also don't get me started on the real estate agency. They have chosen the side of the landlord unconditionally. They don't care if the landlord is lying, in their eyes we are the ones that are lying and being difficult. The landlord even told them we wouldn't let him enter the apartment to do repairs. Yes, because that totally makes sense. We are the ones whining about getting the defects fix and then we don't let him enter? Sure.

It has really come to a point in which we are desperate. It's scary that you can be scared to go home in fear of what you might find there, or scared to go to bed in fear of the noise the upstairs neighbour will be making.

So I wanted to turn this post into a little request. We have already been getting a lot of tips and ideas from the people that we have been talking on how to deal with a difficult landlord, but if you have any more tips, simply leave a comment below. Or if you can relate, tell me your story. It feels so good to know that we are not alone.

Since about a month, we have digital TV. So now we have the possibility to record programs/series that are too late on the evening or at the same moment as something else that we are watching.
One of the series we (Katerina & I) are watching at the moment,is the historical television series "Versailles".

The story goes about Louis XIV (King of France between 14 May 1643 - 1 September 1715), who is moving the royal court from Paris to Versailles (the former hunting lodge of his father). His idea was to make Versailles the centre of political power. And he succeeded, history learns us that Versailles was indeed the centre of political power from 1682 till October 1789 (start of the French Revolution).

So here's my opinion:
I was a little bit sceptic in the beginning about the series. Because when I saw the first episode, my first impression was that the male characters were a little bit too feminine, with their extravagant apparel (wearing wigs and make-up).
They did their best to make the series as historical correct as possible. For the moment we have already seen 3 episodes (of the 10 in total), and I must admit that I'm a little bit addicted. I can't hardly wait until the next one.
Don't expect big action scenes, but intrigue and romance. 

A visit to the Palace of Versailles with it beautiful garden, is added to my bucket list (I didn't really had one before I was writing this post, but now it's on).

Last Saturday night, my boyfriend and I decided to throw a Fondue night. Nothing too fancy just a good excuse to spend a lovely night with family and watch the latest Gotham episodes. It was also an early birthday celebration for my boyfriend’s brother.

It had been ages since we last ate fondue. We tend to go for Gourmet as it is faster and not such a hassle with the oil.

We started the preparations early in the afternoon. Boiling the eggs, the potatoes and the pasta, and washing the vegetables and cutting them up. We also made a little fruit salad. we wanted to create a little buffet so that everyone could pick and choose what the vegetables that they liked to eat. Once everything was prepared we could relax a bit before having our guest of honor over.

At the butcher’s we got a fondue dish for two, as they usually put way too much meat in it. However this time it seemed to be so little, so we decided to get some extra meat at the supermarket. But as usual there were a lot of leftovers. I think that we tend to stuff ourselves with the side dishes such as the vegetables and pasta, rather than with the meat.

It was a night full of food, family, fun and of course Gotham!

My experiences of online dating has probably put me off dating for life. I've been a member of "Plenty of fish", "Ok cupid" and "Tinder".
On "Plenty of fish" I struggled to find anyone who wasn't severely overweight, bald and 50 with no education to speak off. "OK cupid" was even worse, I received an email from a guy who wanted an 'older' lady to join him and his girlfriend for a threesome. I really appreciated at the age of 28 being called an 'older' lady.
Then to "Tinder" which even though it has a bad reputation I've spoken to some nice guys, never met any of them I must say I get a bit freaked out when they push too hard to meet up or get your phone number. From all of the free sites my worst experience came from "Ok cupid". I don't know if it's just me who seems to attract odd men or if it's the sites. I have the odd flick through tinder from time to time but I've decided for me I need to meet a man in the real world.