The weather has once again turned to rain, and not wanting to be defeated by weather, I figured that today would be a good day to multi-task. The mound of clothes in the corner of my room has been accumulating, so it was time to get them washed and back on my shelves. I could wash, tidy, study, read and at the end of the day get much accomplished. The task of washing clothes has turned out not to be so simple.
In order to wash our clothes we must first acquire a washcard, which means that you have to go to the office during the two hours that they are open and buy one for the low price of 15 Euro ($20.00). One wash card will buy you 5 loads of laundry. Having acquired the necessary card, I made my way to the laundry room. Drawing upon past experience I assumed that I would use the card I purchased in whichever machine I decided to use, but this was not the case. I also assumed that one load meant that I had bought one washing cycle, but I would later discover that what I purchased was electricity time to operate the machines. In the laundry room were several other confused souls as we each tried to figure out how to operate the machines, how to open them, start them, where the laundry detergent is supposed to go, what temperature would be ideal (which for me meant that I had to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit). We all came to the conclusion, that in each of our home countries that machines are much more simpler.
At the end of the day I accomplished much less than anticipated, but can say that I now have clean clothes- which are decorating my room as they are hung in any available spot to dry.
In order to wash our clothes we must first acquire a washcard, which means that you have to go to the office during the two hours that they are open and buy one for the low price of 15 Euro ($20.00). One wash card will buy you 5 loads of laundry. Having acquired the necessary card, I made my way to the laundry room. Drawing upon past experience I assumed that I would use the card I purchased in whichever machine I decided to use, but this was not the case. I also assumed that one load meant that I had bought one washing cycle, but I would later discover that what I purchased was electricity time to operate the machines. In the laundry room were several other confused souls as we each tried to figure out how to operate the machines, how to open them, start them, where the laundry detergent is supposed to go, what temperature would be ideal (which for me meant that I had to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit). We all came to the conclusion, that in each of our home countries that machines are much more simpler.
At the end of the day I accomplished much less than anticipated, but can say that I now have clean clothes- which are decorating my room as they are hung in any available spot to dry.
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