After a few delays involving the installation of a proper stove and oven, we were finally able to move into our new flat today. It's a little bare, but in a way we like that – it makes a relatively small space feel larger since there are possibilities for what to do with it as we acquire furniture. It's hard to imagine a move with less stuff to transport!
Our flat is in a brand-new apartment complex called Rondebosch Oaks. Rondebosch is the suburb of Cape Town where the UCT main campus is located. Our place is about 2 miles away from campus, so it's walkable if the weather is good, although the last half mile or so is steeply up hill. The cost of living in this area is reasonable, but made higher by proximity to the university and by security measures that are unnecessary in the States. Our flat is in one of several buildings inside a gated area with 24-hour security patrol. It's hard to know whether the high level of security here is actually necessary or only seems necessary because everyone else seems to have it.
We definitely feel safe walking around our neighborhood, but we stay on main roads after dark (and we don't walk after dark very often). Not much to worry about, though, when the walls around our complex even have electric fencing at the top...
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