On Sunday, I moved my two suitcases and three plastic bags of food, with the help of Thorsten, to my new place. It's on the fourth floor of the building (which doesn't have a lift), and I bought the kitchen (350EUR) and bed (300EUR) from the previous tenant so that I'd have something there.It's a good thing I bought that bed. Since moving in, my evenings have been taken up with (Mon) entertaining a visiting prof, (Tues) our work Christmas party, (Wed) a trip to Ikea, (Thurs) my German lessons and another trip to a furniture store. It's Friday, I'm tired, and I just want something to hang my clothes on. And so I think I'll take another trip to Ikea and buy some things for that.
The location is awesome. Across the road from my building is a little bakery, and I'm 5 min from two bus lines that run to the university. It's about an 8 min walk to the nearest laundromat and 10-15 min to the heart of the city, although you can be on one of the main streets in about 7 min.
My current nickname for this place is my "Fortress of Solitude." Not, of course, because I have any ego about myself, but rather that it is a place that I'm quite fond of where I go to relax.
