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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
xampaneria you can find this in one of barceloneta´s small streets they sell cheap cava and tapas in Fanatstic atmosphere. Pipa club at placa reial Just to chill and have drink, fonfone calle escudellers nice music and great design.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Most of the times i had no trouble to communicate but when writing reports i faced difficulties.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Overall
I wish I had known...
I would have prepared my spanish more for the next time.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The university is all right. My faculty is really small and personal so easy to interact with other students.One disadvantage is that if you live in the center of barcelona it is an hour travelling.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
I did not live on the campus, Heard good stories about it but still i prefered to live in the city. It is easy to find a room there by using the internet. I advise to do a language course at the university . This is where i met lots of different people.
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Academic
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