....there was light at the end of the tunnel.

Well, we signed the official papers for our house and received the keys last night.  The house is actually quite large for here and is very modern.  There are three main floors with a full basement leading into the underground garage.  The basement has a full laundry room (with a laundry shoot that starts at the top of the house!), storage room with an extra freezer and wine refrigerator, a "shoe" room with loads of shelves and one room has the requisite vault door that is required in all Swiss buildings for emergency use if there is bombing!

The ground floor (we are in Europe after all!) has the kitchen that opens into the living room/dining room which then opens to the side to reveal a beautifully integrated sun room leading out to a small stone pool.  I can't wait to use this area when it's warm!

The first floor has a large bathroom, two bedrooms for the kids and a small office that includes a fold down "wall bed".  (I forget what you call those.)  One bedroom and the office look out over the backyard and in the distance you can see Lake Zurich.

The second and final floor, which Duke and I will take, is more "attic" like with its sloped, but high, ceilings.  This is a fairly ingeniously designed room in that there are built in closets under the eaves that slide out in massive units.  There is a small bathroom up there as well so that I don't have to run up and down the stairs in the middle of the night.  Thank God!

We will be moving into the house on Monday morning at 8 am.  Of course, the kids have to get to school that morning as well so it will be a bit of a circus at first.  Circus or not, I am looking forward to settling in.