And Cat and Girl meet it in rare form.

Meanwhile: I looked at my first apartment this morning. Aside from the bedroom floor being linoleum (I mean, I know it was built in the 80s, but really, who thought that up? Bert?) it wasn’t bad. One bedroom, living room, a small dining area attached to the kitchen (2.5 zimmer, as they say here, or 2DK, as they would have said in Japan.) A little bigger than my place in Seattle. High ceilings, parquet floors (except in the bedroom), lots of light — southeast-facing windows with nothing across the street, which is exactly what I would have wanted. Not far from the main train station, only a couple of blocks from the cinema district. (Birsigstrasse 12, Ben, if you’re curious.) Indoor bicycle parking. And the caretaker’s an Aussie, which might make life easier. Anyway, I’ve got two or three more places to look at next week, but if I ended up taking this one it wouldn’t be too bad.