A thorough update will follow, but...

I signed the lease for an apartment! The building is quite old and it sits right on the river in the centre-ville. The stairs leading up to the fourth floor (ok, 3ème etage) are painted red and twist around the foyer. There are two rooms with the front window looking out over the river and the back looking over the city. There is a tiny kitchen off the front room and a toilet room and a shower room in the back room. It's intended to be a single apartment, but I will be sharing it with Meredith so both rooms will be bedrooms. Consider this your invitation to our houswarming party the first week in November!