Arrival

Saturday afternoon I was picked up at the airport by an IAESTE Slovenia student and dropped off at the dorm I will be living in on the University campus. She told me that food stores arent open on the weekend, so if I get hungry, I should go to the gas station across the street. Luckily, gelato shops are open on the weekend.

This is the view from my window after it rains

The dorm is exactly what I would think of when I think Eastern-bloc housing.

Mine is the one in the middle, I took the photo from the hill in the background of the other picture, so its a bit fuzzy, but you get the idea.

Tall, square building with a tiny tiny elevator that brings you to the common area of each floor, then there are 4 (always closed) doors leading to dark hallways with 4 rooms in each hall. Apparently I have a roommate who's an actual Slovene student (not a fake one like me), since her bed is made and there's stuff in her closet. But I havent seen her yet and I think she's probably gone for the summer. But I dont actually know. My skinny room is fine for 1 person, but I cant imagine another person in there. I dont think we could actually stand and walk past each other shoulder to shoulder. One side of the room is the closets and desks, the other is the bench for the beds, so we sleep toe to toe, very cozy. And there's a giant east facing window with a wonderful view of the city and mountains, so its quite nice. I think the most popular nightclub for students is also outside my window, there was dance music going until 7am sunday morning. Awesome.