Not an ideal situation...

Hallo Leute,

   Ok, so I'm not in the situation I would have liked to be in at the time of writing this post. In an ideal world, I would have booked my flight to Germany and would have a lovely little flat to move in to and everything would be hunky dory. However this isn't the case.

  I've really struggled trying to find accommodation in Regensburg. Don't get me wrong, there's lots available. However, finding a furnished flat, in a good location that can be rented for a year or less is nigh on impossible! I've sent out around 100 emails and, although I'm receiving some very pleasant and friendly replies, I'm feeling a little disheartened. I'm an organised person and I like to plan things, so the fact that I'm probably going to be going to Germany without a place to live is a little worrying.

 Saying that, I'm in the fortunate position of having a girlfriend who has found a place to live which isn't far from Regensburg at all. Lois has agreed to go out to Germany a week before we need to be there and share her flat with me, whilst I frantically search for accommodation in Regensburg. I'm a lucky boy, right?!

 Although a little concerned, I'm not actually feeling as worried as I thought I might be in this situation. Apparently it's pretty standard to not actually find somewhere until you get out there and start physically meeting people (I totally understand Vendors 'vetting' prospective tenants before signing their flat away to them!), so I remain optimistic that I will find something once I'm there.

I mentioned flights earlier. The plan was to find accommodation, work out when I could move in and then negotiate travel around it. However in this situation, Lois (who has very kindly and patiently waited for me to find somewhere to live) and I have decided that time is running out and we need to get out act together and get some travel arrangements sorted! So we're looking at flights out there right now. We have, however, already booked out return flights back to England in late December (which I'm already super excited about!), which is either very organised or just plain stupid considering we haven't booked our flights there in the first place!

I really don't think there is much else I can be doing right now. I'm pretty keen to start my Year Abroad and just get stuck in to be honest. I can see myself changing my mind when it comes to actually leaving though!

I'm aware this post is probably not even vaguely interesting, but I felt an update was in order. Hopefully my next post will have something a little more interesting in.

Until then...