ESADE Business School

Drink before you go out. Buy food at Carrefour once in a while, this saves a lot of money.

When you arrive, go and find the barcelona housing service. It´s on internet, the university knows about it, as well as any other information point. This service provides housing for students, in international houses. I used it, too. Great experience!

I learnt a lot, both in my academic circle and in the house. Both were close groups of friends, and enabled all its members to learn very rapidly. I also dated girl from Argentina, which helpes a lot in learning a language

Don´t get me started!! Best of all is Danzatoria Tibidabo, which is an amazing discotheque in the north of Barça (very close to my house); then there is Club Danzatoria, another great disco at Port Olympico. Salsitas is a third hip disco close to the Rambla (same owner). Otto Suds is another very popular discotheque, as is MareMagnum at the port, but the latter is mainly for tourists. Excellent bars are the Champagneria in Barceloneta, where everybody tries (and succeeds) to get drunk before going out (which is necessary because prices are unaffordable for students - 8 bucks for whiskey in the discos). Plaza Reial has cafe Reial, very trendy, Jambourrey, an R&B disco, and some private bars with entry by knocking on the door. Very close is the Oveja Negra (black sheep), a really popular bar where drinks go in 2l. jars instead of glasses. Then there is the London Bar, very popular near the Ramblas, and City Hall, a disco near plaza Cataluña, for afterparties

The university doesn´t have a campus, yet does function as a platform for acquiring information about accomodation. It has its own student houses, and all buildings have various bulletins/places full of advertisements offering living space