Last week, I moved to the Netherlands, to Middelburg, one of the most beautiful towns I’ve ever seen, seriously. It went quite smoothly, moving my stuff here – my room (I live in a 10-persons-house) is gorgeous, very spacious; however, I brought too many things, meaning there are still unpacked boxes in the corner, and I don’t have a desk, which sucks. Since I had to spend 250 euros on books for the university, and had to pay my rent, and still have to pay tuition fees, I will not have enough money to buy one, either, so I’ll just have to do without for the first few months and simply work on the bed. That’ll be quite fine, too.

My housemates are quite nice, as far as I’ve noticed, and I really feel at home here. I still have to get used to having people around all the time, though, and it’ll probably take some time until I no longer wake up just because somebody banged a door. My room is right next to the washing machine and the dryer, too, and when they’re on, my bed is shaking. That’s kind of weird, too, but I’ll have to live with that – I don’t want to move my bed because where it is now is practically the perfect place for it.

I’ve already met loads of new people during the introduction week, mostly Dutch people of course, and I’m generally simply enjoying myself. I got my schedule on Wednesday and got to know my tutor then, too; I didn’t get into any Philosophy course this semester, though, which sucks. I have two other courses which I didn’t want to have, but which sound quite cool, too (Literary Studies and English Linguistics), then, of course, I have English for Academic Purposes and Anthropology (which I wanted to have). I’m quite happy with my schedule, too. The only thing that really sucks is that I still do not have internet in my room; I don’t know why, but I alraedy contacted the IT Helpdesk yesterday and hope that they’ll be able to do something about it eventually.

In fact, so much happened last week, but I cannot tell you all of it; it’s just too much. So for the time being, let’s just say that I am having a great time here, and that I am already looking forward to starting my studies tomorrow.