The dormitory

So this a photo tour of my dorm room post spring cleaning and IKEA shopping (I might have to make another trip to pick up some bathroom rugs if I decide to stay), yes it was even messier before I tried to vacuum, reorganize, scrub the crap out of everything before taking these photos. Nevertheless it is still a dorm room shared with my roommate Min (who has been living in the room for months before my arrival), so I can't just do a major overhaul of everything. The photos are in sequential order from the front door to the window view, skipping over the small kitchen (the one room I didn't touch because it's full of Min's dishes, and didn't feel like cleaning a room I would probably never use :|)and the toilet stall, which basically looks exactly like a airplane lavatory just a little older :/

Also note the shower is elevated over what I imagine is a communal drain for the sink to feed into as well, it's efficient in theory but getting the shower curtain to provide a proper enclosure when you have a giant sink overlapping a significant portion of a quarter of the tub is problematic. Also for whatever reason our shower head is disconnected from the hose, and I think it's missing the clamp and bolt to firmly put the two back together. My roommate said he's complained to the manager about getting it repaired, but it looks like my options are to figure out what size screw and other fastening device is necessary, buy myself a new shower head and install that, or continue showering from a hose redneck style...It gets the job down, but I still feel like a dirty 10 year old getting hosed off in the yard after playing too much in the mud every time I do it.

There are actually some very nice apartments in the area, that I'm considering moving into later, but for the time being I really can't beat the cost of living in this dorm room. Housing prices in Brno are fairly decent, for a furnished apartment smack dab in the middle of the center of the city/ tourist-y area you're looking to spend about $500 USD. However to put that in perspective to my earnings, it would cost an extra 1/5 of my salary to get a furnished apartment with internet, and that's with an apartment mate. Frankly the money would probably be better spent towards doing some weekend traveling anyways right? ;)