I think my husband and I are getting a bit closer to buying the place I've written about. There are, of course, some major frustrations with the bureaucracy. I'm not sure if anyone remembers, but there's been a long hassle regarding my last name. In the US, I took the male version of my husband's last name. However, in Czech Republic, I have the female version of his last name. We were married in Czech Republic over 24 years ago, so they put the female version in their systems, yet my US passport and other US documents show the male version. By male and female version, I'm referring to the Slavic language tendency to add endings (usually "ova" or "a" in Czech Republic) to the ends of male family names for females.

Another issue we have is where we'll have the moving company take our stuff when we move. We'll be staying in an Airbnb for a few months, but hoped to store most stuff at the new property. However, it seems it will take a bit more than a month to actually officially "have the keys". Hubby said he'd ask if it is OK to store our stuff there before then. If not, we have to find a warehouse, which would cost money and mean yet another move of stuff. We may even consider asking the new owner of the house we currently live to let us store our boxed up stuff where we are now, for another month. But then that would mean we have to pay them another month's rent, meaning we'll pay double rent that month. That could be a better deal than paying the warehouse fees and two moves fees. We'll see how it all pans out.