Main source of funding:
Other

Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Food is so cheap its unreal, and booze too. Take a trip to Carrefour (number 4 bus from the Uni) for en-mass savings! As Spain is still "developing" Telefonica still run the show when it comes to phones, so they can charge pretty high, especially for internatinal calls. NIght life as dirt cheap, even if you;ve just got a £5 you couldgo out for plenty of wine, beer and tapas. although the clubby places tend to be prices similar to the UK.. but your gettin more for your money, which can be a bit easy to forget sometimes! Travelling around Spain is a must.. the Junta organize trips at every puente so go for them, they may sound all arty and borring on the letters, but dont worry about that, we went to Seville, Barca, Cordoba and madrid. Gijon is just an hour or two away and the mountain bus is worth a shot!

Telephone: was more expensive than at home.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
student loan

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
To telephone home can be quite expensive. Phone after 8pm, the rates are cheaper. Nightlife is cheaper, drinks can be expensive in clubs so get a couple of "buckets" before you go dancing.

Telephone: was more expensive than at home.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
enjoying the opportunity of traveling and having more free time ;) the same with nightlife...erasmus is once in yor life! unfortunatelly food prices doesn`t depend on me.... :P

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall: was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Housing: was the same price as at home.

Main source of funding:
Government assistance

Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
I spend more in travels, because I considered that as I was abroad, it was a real opportunity to discover a country,a culture and people and I had the time. So I visited many places as soon as it was financialy possible.

Travel: was more expensive than at home.

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Housing: was the same price as at home.

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
Family

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
mobile phone is terribly expensive, food you can get cheap if you compare the prices well. there are many no-brand products that offer a good quality for a low price. however, some supermarket's brands are good in juice&water (e.g. arbol), others in other stuff (e.g. froiz in bread), you should check the competing products. quite different qualities.

Telephone: was more expensive than at home.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Personal savings

Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work

Personal spending habits:
I took the opportunity to travel as much as possible whilst I was abroad, hence the increase in spending in this category, but Spain is very much cheaper than England, so I found that most aspects of my life there were less expensive than in England.

Travel: was more expensive than at home.

Telephone: was the same price as at home.

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
None

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Purchasing power is really higher in Spain when you have a French revenue there.

Telephone: was the same price as at home.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Spain and especially León is pretty cheap in the accomodation sector.

Travel: was more expensive than at home.

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone: was the same price as at home.

Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
None

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Because it is a different style of life

Food, Travel, Overall, Telephone: was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Housing: was the same price as at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Spain is cheapier than Italy

Travel, Telephone, Housing: was the same price as at home.

Food, Nightlife, Overall: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
None

Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits:
In Spain,the cost of life is less expensive than in France.

Travel, Telephone: was more expensive than at home.

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Because things cost more!

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Housing: was more expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits:

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone: was the same price as at home.

Travel, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits:

Food: was more expensive than at home.

Travel, Overall, Housing: was the same price as at home.

Nightlife, Telephone: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits:

Telephone: was the same price as at home.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits:

Overall, Telephone, Housing: was the same price as at home.

Food, Travel, Nightlife: was less expensive than at home.

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was more expensive than at home.

Telephone: was the same price as at home.

Travel: was less expensive than at home.