Type of housing: a Flat with different erasmus students

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: In a Flat with different erasmus students

Why? Because is the best location of the city, and where you can learn the language better. In th city you are near the night, near the beach, near almost everything

Personal comments:
The University is excelent, they care about students acommodation, they are always ready to help

Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Cisne bar - an amazing tapas bar - go for the cisne tapeo Do go to the shopping centres - plaza mar 2, San vicente etc - they are so much more convenient than the shopping street and air conditioned/ heated throughout The cinema - excellent for testing your language skills there are 2 castles in the city, one is the most obvious - and has to be climbed as a matter of principal.....the other is not so obvious - just a few walls - but behind these there is quite a significant sports and leisure development that is worth a look!

Course recommendations:
I enjoyed all of my courses because I was able to learn about Spanish history, semantics, sociology, and language through theatre, cinema, poetry, lectures and literature. However, I would like to study international business practices more in depth becase this is a field I am extremely interested in and possibly a future career path.

Personal comments:
I enjoyed my classes because they were small and very interactive but I would like to have had more classes with Spanish students to hear more of their point of view and become more immersed in their educational system.

Language of instruction: Spanish

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits:
At home I lived with my parents, so accomodation and food for 'free'. Telephone because I had to stay in contact with friends etc. Nightlife because I travelled within Spain to see some more than only Alicante. Nightlife, was cheaper because the prices are lower in Spain, although I partied more than I would do at my home University.

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

Nightlife: was less expensive than at home.

I wish I had known...
That it was more difficult to find an appartment than i'd expected.

In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!