#14 - I'm in France now!!!

The day I arrived to Strasbourg...what a mess. I had basically no information from the uni I'd be going to about my course or classes, and heard nothing back from the 3 e-mails I sent to the student accommodation place, so I generally had no idea what I was doing.

Helen met me at the airport which was very nice of her because otherwise I would have probably not have made it into Strasbourg. So first we went to the accommodation. When I talked to the people there about moving into any free room they have until my contract starts (February) but not only did they have no free rooms, there was a waiting list for them too. But that was irrelevant because I wasn't even on their database.

So now I am living in a hotel for a couple weeks until I can move in. Most of my time has been spent playing games on my laptop because I don't know anyone in Strasbourg and all the uni places I went/needed to go to were closed even though it was during their explicit opening hours.

I have very little sorted out so far. I need to take some photos of myself for various forms and things but I know where I can do that (it costs 4EUR I believe...) and today I managed to get a copy of the guide pedagogique for the year I am doing so now I have to somehow choose modules and lessons from it, which I don't understand because it has both a stupid layout, no clear information, and it's in French.

I have managed to meet a few ERASMUS or international students by accident. I was on the phone to my dad outside an office and after I hung up a girl came over and said she heard me speaking in English and asked if I was ERASMUS, which I am. And today I saw her on campus today as well and she invited me to go with her to a cafe to meet up with 2 other international girls, so I now know at least 3 people that are NOT French. Woo. (They are Hungarian, American (from Oklahoma!) and Japanese!). And apparently there is some sort of Erasmus party at a bar called Mosquito on Monday so I will probably go there and see who is there apart from the 3 girls! Also, I was told there is another American at least who is male and who also shares my non-interest in girls...but apparently he's not good looking!

So I guess for now I need to try and make sense of this guide and choose my course....I dunno. France sucks at helping you do anything.

I did walk around the area a bit and took some pictures of buildings and things that seem important but now my camera is out of battery, and because it is japanese it obviously has a Japanese charger. And the thing doesn't fit into the Japanese adapter that I bought so...I can't charge it :/ Maybe I could try and steal one off the Japanese girl Akie-chan....hmmmmn....

Also, the internet is expensive in my hotel (EUR4.50 for an hour) so I shall not be using this much if at all...which is why I have not updated anything since forever.