It's been a few days since my last post but a lot has happened! Yesterday my family brought me to Coimbra with all my things to settle in and luckily I knew another ERASMUS student here so I went straight to him! I'm definitely a bit of a home bird so to say I was nervous is a bit of an understatement! My English friend told me that there were rooms available but when I called the Dono (landlord) He couldn't arrange anything til the following day. I thought about just waiting for the next day thinking it would be better to have a room near someone I know rather than move all of my things from Student accommodation to a permanent house. I would have stayed in student accommodation because it's very cheap (150 Euros p/m) but I was only allowed to stay for a month so it didn't seem worth it. So I walked down the street and couple of doors down we saw an add in a window for rooms. We called and here I am!
This is my room for now.
Our kitchen
I'm sharing with 4 other girls. I have met 2 of them already but the rest are coming at the end of the month. One is only staying til the end of this month and then I think I might move into her room because it's a little more private. Mine is right in the middle of the house and has 2 doors to get it and out of. First impressions of the other girls are good but it's hard to know really when my Portuguese is so rusty! The Dona (landlady) is called Teresa and she is lovely! This morning she took me to the shops to get some food and showed me how to get to University. Something that hopefully I'll sort out today! I really like the apartment. We're in a kind of basement flat so it's nice and cool for the summer... though I don't know what it'll be like in the winter! We have a terrace with a beautiful view of the city, 2 bathrooms, one with a spa shower! free calls to England after 9pm, internet connection and a TV. We also have a parlor to but potatoes and things in! Which I thought was kinda cool :P. Our kitchen is nice and comes with a dishwasher and we have a washing machine outside in a shed. In Coimbra you can expect to pay around 200-300 Euros for a room in a good location near the Uni (I can see it from my window!)
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