Camping in Paris

The charm of living in an apartment without any furniture is starting to wear thin a mere 5 days after landing. Much faster than I'd anticipated. It turns out, however, that I don't like to live like a struggling college student. If you didn't know better, you would think that it would be fairly easy to furnish an apartment in a place like Paris, with thousands of stores to choose from. There are a few things though that make it quite difficult. #1. Not having a car. Not having a car means you have to carry everything back to your place...by foot...on public transport...with your kids in tow because they have no place else to go and who are literally threatening to kill eachother because they have spent too much time together since the end of school in June and have moved twice in the span of 2.5 months. #2. Getting things delivered takes a very long time in France. I'm not sure why this is and no one I've spoken to has a reasonable explanation but that's how it is around here bubbe. We did order a table and chairs yesterday and with any luck they will arrive by the end of August. After hearing how long other things would take, we considered that reasonable. Sounds crazy, right? But when in France...For your entertainment, I've attached a few photos of said apartment. I've used Ethan as a measuring tool so you can tell the actual size of the kitchen. Notice also that there are no cabinets in the kitchen. The little round circle on the right is some kind of substitute for a washing machine, and no, we don't have a dryer. Not that I'm complaining! I know, it's Paris, I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm just telling it how it is.