Neighbours

We're the only expats that we have noticed in our building and everyone seems to keep themselves to themselves we have found - much like living in London! But as we were unpacking our luggage in the early hours of Thursday morning our doorbell went and it was our neighbour from upstairs and her young daughter.
We had bumped into each other at the end of last year, and she had also bumped into Net when she was visiting, so we chatted for a little while. She mentioned that she was having some work done to her apartment and she had a very big favour to ask us. We weren't really sure what this favour could be, but wanted to be helpful if we could. It turns out that she needs to clear her Reception room of furniture for the builders to work and she wondered if she could store some of it in our apartment. We told her that of course this would be no problem, as we had a spare room. We showed her the space we had and she was very grateful - so she then (at about 1.30am) showed us her apartment and the work she was having done.
So yesterday we, and her builder, moved some furniture into our back room. We're not having any visitors for a while, and so we only need access to hang out laundry. It's nice to be able to be helpful, and it's nice to be, and have, good neighbours :)