Winschoterdiep 46, Room A21, 9723AC Groningen.
Winscho is the nick name given to the International student housing where I live and, I just LOVE it.
Winscho is so much fun and everyone here is just fantastic. People are literally from all over the world. You want to know someone from Brazil? Spain? Arab Emirates? Korea? Lithuania? Ireland? You got it. People come and go from winscho all the time and no one stays for more than a year, so there is a real sense of community and friendliness. Everyone is used to making new friends and accepting all of the newcomers.
I have met so many beautiful people since arriving here, all of whom are fun, generous people. There's a general sense of 'my door is always open' people are always coming and going from each others rooms. When you want time by yourself it's easy to just coop up in your room and then emerge and knock on a friends door to have some fun or just find a bit of silent company. These people are in your home, which creates forced intimacy and fast friendships. It's a bizarre feeling to walk past people in a towel, or straight out of bed. All of the things that you would do in the privacy of your own home but with a million people around. However, everyone does it, so there is no judgement if you have breakfast at 1pm or stay in your pajamas all day.
I am now completely used to having to take my toilet paper with me to the toilet, wandering around the corridors with bed hair, and taking my toiletries to the shower.
The only thing I haven't yet mastered is not singing in the shower. . . There's time, and for now people will have to deal with my absent minded humming and morning songs.
proof that i have friends
everyone deserves a birthday cake - kisch's 21st
blue sky, taken whilst cycling!
snowy night out
the americans!
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