Last week I finished moving out of the dorm after spending the past 4 months living under "student" conditions. I'm quite happy to finally be in an apartment, and I hope I've fulfilled my dormitory living quota for the rest of my life :p
The Good:
Here's a video of a quick tour of the layout of the apartment. It actually is a lot cleaner now since filming, I think I managed to guilt my apartment mates a little into being a bit more self conscious of how messy the place was. Of course, now that I have a more proper kitchen pictures of my cooking on facebook will look a bit better (hopefully.) Also in a country where AC is not that common in housing residences, and in the middle of one of the hottest Summers in the Czech Rep I honestly don't mind the heat due to my room being in the back of the house with the windows facing large backyard garden and some strategic trees that give ample shade to my 2nd story window.
Only small complaints thus far:
The water heater that sits in the bathroom sometimes chooses not to work :p All good during the Summer not so good during winter :(
Increased time to get to work. The new location adds about 15-20 mins to my commute (essentially double the distance from the dormitory.) Not that big by American standards when riding a car, but this is also a city where by car you could prob clear the whole city in the same amount of time.
However the convenience of having a bus stop less than 200 ft away and 2 different tram stops servicing 3 different lines each only a block away totally beats my old daily routine of walking up a hill, Masaryk University campus stairs, and 4 flights of dormitory stairs to get to my room.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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my god! you're fully assimilating! you're never coming back.
ReplyDeletehow did you find the apartment? is there an equivalent to craigslist there? or maybe craigslist use is as prevalent there as it is here...
Hahah I'm really not assimilating at all I moved in with 3 IBM'ers, none of whom are Czech, and since they only speak English at work their Czech isn't particularly fluent.
ReplyDeleteRegarding real estate I ended up typing so much I may as well make it a blog entry.