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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
because living on his own or together with other students develops your personality
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Personal comments
lived together with 3 very interesting persons, learned a lot about how people can think and how people can behave
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel: 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
Nightlife: Roxy Club, all the bars in the Barrio del Carmen
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
in the beginning it was pretty hard to understand a full sentence but now i have no more difficulties in understanding.
It is amazing how fast you can learn a lenguage if you spend some time in a country
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
because i travelled a lot
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Telephone, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
cost savings in accomodation and food, tecnical goods rather expensive
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
organize everything by yourself, otherwise you will loose time as the spanierds are not very "rapido"
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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
travel tips: lots, go to diferent not turistical beaches, see cities in the south, because they are amazing, go to see the landscape, no matter where and live the spanisch live!!
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Academic
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