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Tom G
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
night spot: Malalts de Festa
cafe: cafe de la opera
events & places: fiesta de gracia, fiesta de la merce, 23 de april, camp nou, barceloneta, montjuic, sagrada familia, parc guell, parc de labyrint etc.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I like to live in in the privacy of my home and you can arrange it like you wanna have it.
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Personal comments
Due to the fact that there was no support by university, I can't comment on this.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
food was cheaper there, specially fresh fruit an vegetables, phoning in spain is dominated by so calles "toques", means missed calls to agree or disagree. housing was more expensive because in austria i stay at a house of my dad. because of travelling a lot i spend a lot of money therefor.
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Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
spend enough time in shopping, specially the boqueria is worth to spend hours there. apart from saving money you'll really enjoy shopping at barcelonas biggest market. used items you can buy at the second-hand market at the market of encants.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Be sure that your courses are in spanish and not in catalan, specially at the beginning it is really hard to understand it. tell the teachers that you are a foreigner at the beginning.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
no it was pretty much okay
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
not really - i have allready been in barcelona before studying there
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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
go to the courses although it is not obligatory but it will help you to improve your language skills.
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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
enjoy life, travel as much as possible, but don't miss to explore barcelona - it's a fantastic town. try to learn a little catalan it will help you with the local people.
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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: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Spanish is easy to learn when you're confronted with it every day, even when many people prefer speaking catalan, nearly everybody is able to talk in spanish. at university sometimes the teachers pretend to teach in catalan, so you'll have to change courses or to learn catalan pretty fast.
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