Taipei relocation: inauspicious start

That didn’t go according to plan. We did our best and anticipated outcomes but the best laid plans and all that. So far, we’ve had:

  • The serviced apartment was a bit shit. Paper thin walls and a snoring neighbour.
  • I had the lurgi for four days.
  • Left my good suit in the serviced apartment. They tossed it. It was worth more than the rent we paid them.
  • The new apartment had dangerous electrics so we couldn’t move in.
  • When we had electrics and tried the washing machine it flooded the floor.
  • I had somewhat of a personal crisis which wound me up tight, but that was resolved happily.
  • It’s been COLD. This doesn’t happen in Taipei. Saw blue sky once though but it’s predicted six days rain from now on.
  • Jetlag. I’ve had 10 hours sleep in 3 days.
  • The last Larsson “The Girl Who…” book was complete tripe. OK, not a showstopper, but disappointing.
  • And I appear to have lost my headphones for no good reason. I haven’t taken them out since London.

I’m sure there was more. It’s felt like one thing after another. Still, we’re in the place and have internet so we’ll survive.

On the upside, we thought “fuck it” and booked into a decently priced 5* hotel last night and got a 100 square metre room with freebies which was awesome even if I did only get 4 hours sleep and we had to check out at 9 to meet the electrician.

Going forward (fnar) we have 4 festivals and Deep Purple to look forward to in Taipei, and a UK tour with Arch Enemy. So that should be fun.

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