First of all I want to wish you all a merry Christmas :) And while I'm at it, happy new year (since my next post will probably be next year XD).
I'm happy to tell you that I finally have news about what kind of apartment I'm going to live in during my stay in Japan :D Last week we got quite a few emails about a few different kinds of apartments and single person rooms. Eventually it was decided on three 3 person apartments in the same building. In total there are nine persons from my year going to Matsumoto, of which three persons are classmates and good friends of mine. Unfortunately we had to split up since it's a three person apartment and we're 4 people in total. But one of them offered to go with two people from the other class, so it's all settled ^_^
Of course the people from the real estate agency sent us quite a few photos of the apartment, so I'm going to share them with you :)
This is the entrance.
The bathroom.
One of the 3 bedrooms in traditional Japanese style, with futons (which will be there when we move in) <3
I'm really looking forward to it <3 Just three more months and then I'll be leaving. My flight leaves on March 28 and the return flight is on August 25, which also means I'm going to celebrate my 22nd birthday in Japan ^w^
But before I'm leaving for Japan I first have to make my last exams of this semester, which will start one week after the Christmas vacations. After that I don't have any classes anymore, but I do have my part time job at the supermarket until the end of February (I'm definitely going to need a lot of money while in Japan, considering all that I want to buy XD). The countdown has begun!
Well, this is it for now, see you next time :3
~Marlies / マーリス