Hand-washed Laundry

What do you see? A simple washing machine? No.... it is a beautiful luxury! Recently I had my first experience of hand-washing laundry. Granted, for that first time, I only washed 3 pairs of underwear, a pair of socks and a shirt but still... It took me a good 30 min and I totally spilled half the water out of the sink onto the floor; but it was actually kind of enjoyable to watch my gray socks become white once again because of the effort I had put into cleaning them.

There are laundry machines here, as well as laundr-o-mats but they are very expensive. 4 euro ($6) for a wash, and 3 euro ($4.50) to dry. Even if you don't dry, it is still expensive. When I move into my home-stay next Monday, I'll get to use their washing machine once a week for free, so I am just holding out until then. But really, it is not so bad. I kind of like doing my own washing, feels like you're more reliant on only yourself. In addition, it's not like I am too busy here with only 3 hours of class per day. However, I haven't done much serious washing, but I probably should soon. I think I will get faster at it as I do it more, since the first time I didn't really have much idea as to what I was doing.

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