My life in Bochum in Luxembourg~

- survived the 13 hour bus ride with a 2,5 hour transit in Leipzig in the middle of the night and made it safely to Luxembourg!
- the landlord seems really nice and intelligent. he picked me up at the bus center, showed me around the apartment, and -as if he knew how bad I am with directions- drew me a map of the neighbourhood.

storing for future use

- the apartment is really nice but there is this one slightly creepy tiny thing.

- the administrative office where people need to register is in a castle (and is, in fact, called "castle")
- looking up when they're open, I found out the web page is only in Luxembourgish. there was a brief confusion whether "biergerzenter" means the administration office (as I thought) or "beer centrum" (as google translate suggested), but I figured if accidentally ending up in a beer centrum is the worst case scenario than I'm good to go.
- despite having the map, I left the apartment confidentaly heading exactly in the opposite direction of the castle. which is how I found the bus and train stop.
- I made it to the castle eventually and successfully registered. in German! I learnt how to say birth certificate (Geburtsschein) and somehow convinced the lady that I don't need it for the registration.

- using languages feels so random here. the three official languages of Lux are French, German and Luxembourgish (a language similar to German). I thought that would mean most signs, official websites etc would be in all of these languages. that is not the case.
- when searching for apartments, everything was in French (very soon I got good at recognizing words like "dryer" and "visits not/allowed" in French). when looking up the administrative office in Luxembourg city, all was in French only; for the one in Bettembourg (where I live), everything only in Luxembourgish. opening hours on bakeries are in Lux., elevator warnings in French, descriptions on a small library in the park in French and German.
- Not that I have talked to that many people yet but it feels like they just start speaking a language and eventually you get to a language that both parties participating in the conversation understand.
- anyway, French seems to be omnipresent and I should really start learning it, like, now.