Yemen on the outside Bahrain on the inside

I am currently looking for accommodation for my time in Yemen. I have been staying at a hotel right now, and will be staying there till I find something. However, this isn't helping me in getting used to living in Sana'a or making me feel at home. While I stay at the hotel I feel still in a transitional stage, but I don't want to move into something that isn't nice, as I just want to move in once and stay for the 2 years there.

So last night I went around, and saw the good, the bad and the ugly of apartments on offer in Sana'a. I liked a few and detested most, but there are two options right now. The decision that needs to be made now is do I want something modernish or do I want something yemenish????

The first apartment I saw was a cute one bedroom, however it was living in the same building as the landlord with his daughter and her kids as my neighbours and him downstairs, in addition I want another bedroom for when my family and friends come v

isit. He wanted to rent it for around 650 USD and this isn't inclusive of bills.

Second, we went to a very new building, off Amman Street (which I think made me like it more), and this apartment was very modern, open space-which I really like, not a big fan of to many doors indoors-the furniture is new, the kitchen is new, and its a 3 bedroom flat...which is a bit big but the way its laid out makes it seem not so small.

Third I went to a flat that is quite simple, in a good area of Sana'a, Hadda Street, its a lovely old Yemeni style house, with the windows and the lovely dark brown brick. The inside isn't too bad, furniture is a bit oldish, but apparently I can negotiate with the landlord to bring me something newer, the kitchen is big and had good finishing, the bathroom is a bit too small...and it pretty much is around the same price as the Amman Street apartment. However it has the windows...J'adore the windows!!!!

Today I am heading to view a few more apartments, and I want to see the two mentioned above during the day time (I think the clincher will be if the sunlight comes through the coloured glass windows, as the wall around the building is quite high...if it shines into the house...sigh...j'adore). I have decided to give myself as much time as I need, no need to rush, I wanna fall in love with the apartment that I will be spending the next two years in, or at least I wanna see the potential of me falling in love with it.

Good Day and Good Luck