Saturday, 24 January 2009

#15 - Strasbourg Diary #1

Well since I didn't have access to the internet for ages, I had written a couple of blog entries to post later when I had access. So now I am backdating them. Here is the first one :)

I am now in student accommodation. Yeah! The lady at the university rang them up and pulled some strings so I could move in straight away instead of waiting until February. The room itself is fine, if it was England then it would be a brilliant place to stay in but as it's France, people are not that social so I don't know if I will even meet my neighbours....

Also...I am pretty sure there is mould growing across all the corners of the ceiling. That or it's food.

So today is a Saturday, I don't know what to do. I have unpacked just about everything except my clothes which are still in my suitcase because it is always a big ordeal trying to sort out where you want which clothes to go. I'll probably do it tomorrow or Monday though. Later today I think I will probably go to the supermarket and buy some food and other things because I have nothing here, and it might be nice to eat today (hopefully I can remember the way to walk when I went with my friend who was here for first semester). Although, I'll probably stop at the pizza store on the way to the supermarket because I want pizza! And it's cheap and you get one free or something and I miss pepperoni. Oh no I shouldn't have said that...now I want a pepperoni stuffed crust! I had one at home I don't think I finished it all though...I could have taken it with me!!

I have a three lights in my room. One is by the sink, one by the bed which is small and only for the bed(?) and one that is along the window for the desk. However, I can find now switch or anything on how to turn this desk light on...so I don't know what I should do. For now, in the day with the blinds open there is enough light. But when it's night I'm guessing that doesn't really work well anymore.

My window looks out directly into the path of a building. So I should be careful about leaving my blinds open as I don't particularly want people to watch me in my room. I'll probably be seeing a lot of this building though, as you have to face directly out of the window when you sit at the desk. Maybe in time it will become my muse for when I do homework.

I think I will update this blog more about France than I did about Japan, as in Japan I was always around people so I was always doing something outside of my dorm. In France though, at least for now, I know nobody (I still don't even know when any lessons start) and I am in the accommodation the farthest away from the universities. I will also be trying to update on anything Japanese that I forgot or ran out of time to post, so watch this space!

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