Pécsi Tudományegyetem (JPTE)

I liked it in the dormitory, the rooms were bigger than I expected and it was big fun with all the other internationals, but you don't have a place for your self, no privacy. So when I should go back I prefer to stay in an appartment because now I experienced the dormitory life.

Hard Rak cafe was a nice place to be, just like the Pek (besides the collegium). Note that this is only fun when there are students, so when the courses are. In summer there is nothing to do and the Pek is closed half of the year. We went to the Buso festival in Mohacs in March which was really great (a kind of carnaval) And travel to the country!!

Travel tips: I went to Plitvice in Croatia (it is a national park, really beautiful any time of the year), we crossed war area which was pretty impressive. Transsylvania (roemenia) is great too, but you need a visa for that. But don't forget to take a look around in Hungary as well, Budapest, lake Balaton, Eger, the puszta are definately worth a visit. What impressed me as well, but you have to like it, was the communist town Ajka, Near lake balaton, build by the russians and now half of the fabrics are closed, you can see the results of fourthy years of communism. I went there with a friend who lived there and he showed me the fabrics and the lakes, they were so blue, incredible, but the lakes were heavily poisened by chemicals, it was chemical blue, and the area had a radio-activity of 5,8 so beware..

we bought our pots and pans new at the sundaymorning market and it was not that difficult to find the cheapest stuff. I opened a bank account in pecs because otherwise I had two pay two dollars each time when I should draw money from a cash machine, and in half a year that can be a lot! So I think I saved money on doing that, but you need to find somebody who speaks hungarian to go with you, but that was not a problem.

I did not have many languages problems because you can always make yourself clear with body language. But sometimes it took a while. I am happy that I learned some Hungarian, when I travelled through north-east hungary it was very useful because many people only speak hungarian.