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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife, Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Life in Pamplona seems to go slowly, people are not in a hurry as it occurs in other large cities. One can say that the city has its own, sluggish rythm, that causes you feel well. Even if you have to stand in a line at the post office for half an hour (which happened to me yesterday) it doesn´t seem to be an horror because people enjoy this slow lifestyle.
In the streets of the city you can not hear the sounds of the cars as well. Pedestrians are treated in a very favorable way by car drivers. People usually walk in Pamplona, especially students. It is the most comfortable way of transportation because everything is close and you can easily get from one place to another walking.
For students the best-known parts of the city are near the university. One of them is the neighborhood of Iturrama, which is an area where most of students live. Other area is San Juan (where I live :), which is a little bit more far away from the university but it is most known because of its variety of bars and discos. The place called La Travesia is an area where everybody goes during late hours in weekends. When you pass by La Travesia between 1 and 7 o´clock on thursday, friday or saturday, you probably have to
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
because of independency
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Personal comments
the majority of students lived in apartments that they choosed very close to the university
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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: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
it was pretty easy to learn spanish for me as I already knew french and english. Many words are just the same or similar in all those languages. Besides, spanish language is easier than french or german.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
In spain everything is more expensive than in Poland.
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Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
that the weather isn't so nice in nort Spain ;)
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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
I reccomend it to everyone! :)
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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
take some warm clothes, there IS snow in Spain! :)
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Academic
Course recommendations
All the courses were pretty good. There is no big possibility in choosing subjects, there are only few in english, the rest is in spanish but that is ok because that's why you go to spain - to learn spanish! :)
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