Mumbles or muebles?
As you may have read we have been searching for a house or flat in Santiago de Chile. In the process, we’ve been learning a lot of words relating to the house, to rentals and property agents.
Some things are easy to remember- like Propiedades… Property, Departomento… Apartment. But muebles? It sounds like a medical condition. “Doctor, doctor, i’ve woken with the muebles!” It sounds like it should describe my condition in the morning. Is a vaccination available?
No. Muebles= furniture. Or rather bits of furniture. Fantastic! I mumble no more. I mueble instead.
We can’t wait to shop for furniture, to set up home and receive some of our belongings sent by ship 3 weeks ago. Indeed, our air freight has, apparently, arrived in Santiago, yesterday. Thank the Lord! Very exciting! They contain my birthday presents for one. And it means i can stop re-reading the economist and read one of several books that we sent by air. Oh and we’ll also have our photos from the wedding, our albums and card-making materials, so we can write to you all!