Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU

In this university, the Erasmus students have to find their own room/apartment, this is pretty dificult, especially if you´re spanish isn´t that good. But you´ll learn a lot more if you look for yourself, instead of using for example an agency. They cost a lot (subscription fee) and you don´t have any garantee for a place. I lived together with a lot of people, from all over the world, who where studying, working, and where not from my university. In this way I met a lot of people, which made my stay a lot more pleasant. In generaly the place was expensive and not in its best condition, but because of my roommates I had a great time

For a coffee: El Jardin Secreto, nice ambient, close to plaza de España Bar: Madrid is loaded with thousands of bars, which are in generally good, and some are even superb: La Troupe, metro Bilbao Cafe la Palma, Metro Noviciado Ducados, metro Sol Sale Sol, metro Gran Via and more ... Terasses (one of the best things about Madrid, because their open all most the whole year through): Metro Alonso Martinez, La Latina, Atocha, Arguëlles, Plaza Dos de Mayo, Plaza de los comendadores, Plaza Santa Ana, Plaza de Olvide, ... Restaurants: Eat all you can for 8 euros, Frescos at Metro Alonso Martinez: Healty food!!!! La Musa (2x), in La Latina, and near metro Bilbao, nice orginally made tapas

At Sol you have to watch out, because its a touristic area and there is a lot of pick-pocket activity going on.

in the beginning quite hard, because in Spain, there is only Spanish!!! there are a few people who speak english, but not much, so if your spanish isn´t that good in the beginning it´s quite hard, but after a while you´ll pick a things much easier and in the end everything is ok

One year Spain --> nice culture, nice weather, nice nightlife, nice everything conclusion: one year is too short