My studies in Wageningen were exciting and I had found many friends there, but after I returned to Prague to continue my studies of economics and management my life became just frustrating. Going to bars every evening and meeting international students was finished and I just stayed at home and watched TV or chat with my friends on the internet. While I enjoyed studying subjects related to marketing and communications I never really liked economics. Before starting my studies at the university my intention was initially to study languages, English and French, I was even accepted at the university in Slovakia, but my parents didn't like it and I had to study economics. It was a bad choice and I had problems with many subjects that were related to maths.
While I managed to complete all exams I didn't keep up with writing my thesis while I was in Prague and I had to move back to Wageningen in May 2009 to continue writing my thesis there.
I moved to a squat which was close to the city center, I had 4 housemates, but I didn't really fit in there. I had one room just for me which was great and also very cheap (I paid on average 40 Eur per month), in the students' building the price ranged from 260 to 320 Eur, but each of my housemates had a big dog and 3 of them didn't appreciate me, only the youngest dog liked me. I was scared each time when I entered the house because the dogs immediately gathered around and barked at me, especially Faya was very aggressive. When I screamed at her she usually backed away, but the dogs didn't learn to like me during the 3 months I stayed there.
My housemates were kind of alternative people, they used drugs and went to the music festivals often. They also used to go to take the food from the garbage of supermarkets. Sometimes I ate it too, when it was packed and expired only a few days I didn't mind. On the other hand my housemates were able to eat baked goods from the garbage which wasn't even packed, I found that quite disgusting. The squat was very dirty and smelly, I am usually a messy person but this was too much for me. I kept my room relatively clean but my housemates had a lot of garbage on the floor in their rooms.
When I asked my housemate how they moved in the house he told me that it was empty more than one year and according to the Dutch law they can move in if the owner doesn't use it. The owner obviously didn't like it and tried to get them out but they hired a lawyer and they won. I found it funny that the owner couldn't kick them out of his house but I was glad to find a cheap place to stay for some months.