in the evenings we can both see everything that's happening in the other side of the street. If you pity us, then don't! We have a river view as well, which makes things nicer when we do bother to look out of the window.
There are several neighbours we can tell you about and it feels like we know them and their routine so well (they probably recognize us as well). We sometimes spend our alone time together, which makes it feel pretty strange to leave Ireland without any other type of communication.
Here's the story of one of the neighbours, we call her "our friend":
From the beginning we notice there's a lady in her 30s, who's living in a one bedroom apartment on her own. How do we know it's a 1 bedroom? Just because we can see everything!
And how do we know she's living on her own? Every evening she's sitting on her red leather sofa (she has 2 of them, by the way), dimmed lights and watching TV. We've noticed she has guests from time to time. However, sometimes the curtains in her living room are closed, and then we assume she has a date. Yet, we can say for sure she's not in any kind of relationship with anyone.
We live in this apartment for 8 months now, but only lately (right after the holidays) have we noticed she's using a crutch (we're not quite sure whether she's using two or just one). We are unable to say whether she had it before or had she some kind of accident...
It might seem like we are watching at our neighbours all the time but we're actually so aware of them and their habits just from quick glances here and there, now and then.
