Residence OUEST

The Tram Station near Residence Ouest

The view of my residence

Having dinner in the kitchen 

I am going to talk a little bit about my residence. I am currently living in residence OUEST that is a residence on campus. It is very close to the university, you can either walk and it will take about 10-15min depending on where your class is or you can take the tram and it will take you 3 min to be in the university.  The tram stop is 3 minutes away from the residence walking, so it is very accessible. The rooms are small but you have what you need. You have your own closet which is big enough for you to put your cloths, you have a table to study with a chair, a big shelve to put things and the best part is that you have your own restroom inside the room. The bed is very small though; it is smaller than a single bed so until you get use to it the first days is weird to sleep on it. The kitchen is shared by floor and it does not have any microwave, fridge, or oven. It only has the stove and the sink to wash your dishes, but it is usually very clean and it’s nice to share the kitchen because you get to meet people from different parts of the world. Also, this residence is one of the few residences that has its own laundry which is very good because otherwise you will have to go to the campus laundry or any other laundries in the center of the city. Usually its about 2 euro for the washing machine and 2 euro for the dryer.The bad part of the residence is that Internet connection is very bad. First of all, it is very weird to get access to the internet and then when you have access to it the connection is very slow, specially from 5:00-11:00pm because everyone is trying to get online, so forget about using Skype and trying to call your family because it does not work. The residence is convenient if you are going to study on campus but if your classes are in the center of the city it is somewhat far. The only way you can go to the center of the city is by tram and it takes 20-30 minutes to arrive to the center depending on the location.