Chez Moi

I found a flat today!!!!

It is a really nice place, the best one I have seen so far. It is HUGE! It is fully furnished, it is bright and clean and has everything I need. And it is in a pretty nice area. It is not exactly a trendy area but it is nice and close to everything. It is in the 12th arrondissement near Daumesnil. I will be sharing with a french girl, but she probably wont be home much, which is a bit of a shame as I wanted to have someone to practice my French with. But I am really relieved!

The last week has been really exhausting. Looking for a flat has been hard work! My french is not as good as I had hoped. Everyone uses so much slang and run words together as well as using words and expressions that I just don't know, so I dont understand much of what is going on. It is even harder to understand on the phone, and trying to organise visits to flats in a totally unfamiliar city, in french, on the phone, has been very difficult and VERY tiring. I have seen so many tiny, dark little flats! And all the nice places have been given to other people - I guess most french people would prefer to live with someone who can actually speak french properly.

On top of all that the hostel that I was staying in was fully booked so I didn't have anywhere to stay. Every morning I had to pack my bags and leave them in lugguage storage and hope for a cancellation. The first few nights they did have cancellations but on wednesday night they didnt have a bed for me! I spent that night at Vanessa's house (who has been so good to me) and I have now found another hostel. It is in a nicer area and is much brighter and cheerier than the other one. And I am guarenteed a room!

So after a very tiring week I am feeling much happier now I have an appartment. I dont move in until next weekend but I am happy enough at this new hostel now.

So now I just have to find a job...