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Christin S
Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
i didnīt like that you couldnīt get the chance to interact with local students. i donīt know why this happened, but every other erasmus student made the same experience.
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
at the beginnig it was a great chaos to cope with the spanisch language, because my language skills have been a catastrophe. at my first day i had to find a accomodation by my own, i had to phone for finding one. it was horrible, because on the phone it is so much more difficult to speak a language you canīt really speak. but surprisingly it was much easier to handle with everything than i thought. at the end you can manage nearly everything. the courses and clases at university were surprisingly easier to understand tahn i thought and i think the exams have been easier than in germany, too. furthermore, as an erasmus student, you always can speak english, even in spain. so you donīt have to worry about going to spain for studying. unfortunately there have been so many other german students, so most of the time i spoke german, which didnīt really help to improve my spanisch knowledges.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
you donīt have to worry about opus day (donīt know how to write it), because as an erasmus student they donīt want to get you (finally you arenīt long enough in spain)
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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
if you have the time and possibility to travel through the country, do it!!! spain is it worth! go to the south (andalusia, cádiz, tarifa, sevilla, cordoba) and of course stay some nights in madrid (you will love the nightlife), but always be careful about thieves, they stole my pocket bag and i havenīt been the only victim.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
i wanted to live next to the university and to all the other erasmus students, so i had to pay more than in germany for housing.
having a beer, wine or a long dring isnīt very expensive, if you compare with the prices you have to pay in the main german cities, like berlin. but if you think about going out much more often than in germany (almost every day) at the end you pay the same or even more than in germany.
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Food, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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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?
itīs the best possibility to get to know and live with spanisch people
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Personal comments
the location couldnīt have been better, because you only had to go to university by feed for 10 minutes. furthermore all the other erasmus people lived closed to my house and almost all the parties have been closed to my house.
you get help from the university to find a accomodation.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
pamplona is a very small city, neverteheless you have some opportunities to go out (but mostly with other erasmus students)
on thursday you have to got to los portales, which is a bar in casco viejo, the beer only costs 70cent and a long drink you can get for only 3.
from thursday to saturday you can go to "la travestia" (or la trave), which is a street with many bars closed to each other, after you have to go to "marengo" or "Reverendos" or "vaiven", which are disco in san juan (next to travestia)
during the week you have al lot of bars you can join to. i liked "jumping jester", "kopas" and "boulevard" (in iturrama) and "long island" (in san juan)
and of course you canīt miss to join the tipical life-stile of going out for eating tapas. the best atmosphere you can get in casco viejo.
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