Université de Droit, d'Economie et des Sciences: Aix-Marseille III

My flat was spacious, but quite old and obviously run down. The landlady, however, was simpathetic and allowed me to repair the walls in my bedroom and to paint them. The flat was located ideally in a quiet neighborhood near the center.

As far as the best clubs go, Aix only has a few to offer, and the best of those would be le Mistral. For an afterhours bar, Le Bistro Aixois is the winner. Cafes: Any of those in la place Richalm near the post office are great, as are those in the Place d´hotel de ville. They are generally cheaper than those along the Cours Mirabeau.

Find an apartment in a good location, but hang out with people from the dorms.

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In the country in general, I sometimes had difficulties with some of the slang, but as I continued to go out with the same people I learned the majority of it, and was not afraid to ask when I didn´t understand something. I had a harder time in my courses asking questions, but understood more of the lecture because the professor would repeat everything two or three times. It happened that sometimes even the French students around me would miss somethings as a couple of the professors were from Africa with very strong accents.