Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisboa

I would say Bairro Alto is the best area to have a nice coffee watching people walking around... and also the hot-spot of Lisbon night life. Portas Longas in Rua Altamira is the best place to go for a beer while you listen to fados and talk to people (everybody talks to everybody there... I don´t know what they put in the drinks. And Miradouro da Graça is an unavoidable place to have a coffee with Lisbon at your feet on a sun set.

There is a Social Service to advice students about how to get an accomodation but what they offered us/me was living with a family, which didn´t fit with was I wanted.

It was relatively easy to find a room, however, some rooms were too expensive considering the size. All rooms were furnitured (which is necessary when a student only spends 6 months in a different country). Overall, I am satisfied about accomodation in Lisbon.

I studied interpreting and one of my languages was Portuguese, so it was essential for me to spend some months in Portugal. I arrived in Portugal after havong studied Portuguese for a year. I needed lots of practice to improve and the Erasmus was the best choice to do that.