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Overall
I wish I had known...
Why didn't I start travelling earlier?
I would take a footy next time.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Very, the quality of education is very high if you actually want to study but most importantly, there are a lot of quality people around who are open minded and you have access to so many new things, especially from the perspective of an australian for whom the distances to destinations are usually so much greater. The number one point however was living with and getting to know like minded people who were up for everything but came from such diverse backgrounds.
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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
Eurail pass is a waste of time from here, you are better off buying single tickets each time if you want to avoid pressuring yourself to use up all the tickets.
You can buy a student train pass (for around 70 fl- in 1998) which will get you discounted train fares around the whole benelux area.
I don't know if they still do it but KLM used to put out cheap flights on their web page which were valid for travel the following day. A lot of people found they could set aside a few days and buy a ticket to the best/highest value destination.
Leiden had a supermarket (near the police station) with a student travel agency inside, that offered very cheap student flights around europe.
We also found it was relatively cheap to get a group of 4 students and rent a new car (eg golf) ...
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