Getting Settled...Well Closer

Tuesday we headed to the immigration office to finish the process for getting our resident card. It was actually not too painful of a process as we got there early and no one was in line. Now we just need to get our cards in the mail and we’ll be good to go as far as traveling in and out of Switzerland.

We also got to do a walk-through of our new apartment. Nate hadn’t seen it yet and I had only seen it my very first morning in Switzerland and couldn’t remember a lot of the details of it. I actually think after viewing it this second time around that it’s going to suit us really well. The kitchen is bigger then what I remembered and the bonus is that it has a washer and dryer in the unit. Now why both the home search consultant and the agency person did not tell me about this key benefit the first time I looked at the place is beyond me. Don’t think that they didn’t make sure to show me the washer and dryer in the basement though (which feels like a dungeon). Perhaps having your own washer and dryer is not a big selling point here? In any case though, we both really like the place and are excited to move in. Moving date, August 2!

After seeing our new place we were off to the bank to open up a Swiss bank account. Apparently we have to close it as soon as we move out of Switzerland though. We also learned that there is an active politician in the US with the same name as Nate which almost prevented us from being able to open an account with the bank. After 30 minutes of waiting while the girl made multiple phone calls to find someone to approve, they thankfully allowed us to open an account. So yeah, we are now one of those people that have a Swiss bank account.