Indiana University (IUB)

Level of prices in the US is higher than most European countries. Indiana is one of the cheaper places around, though.

The dollar was really strong that time, which made nearly everything costly. Most of my phone calls were local, which were free. Nightlife became costly because living off-campus, you need transportation home. Night busses didn't run our way at night and they were few, so taxi was about the only option. You can travel short distances by renting a car (gas wasn't expensive) but internal flights are costly and distances are huge. I recomment driving to Chicago and Indy, at least. The Int'l Center arranged Indy shopping trips too.

Food in general more expensive, accomodation more expensive.

Because in general, they were expensiver, and the dollar was very high. FOOD: no choice, we had to eat in expensive places, since we paid for the food at the begining and that those places were specified at the begining. TELEPHONE: I mantained contact with everybody by mail, and the local telephone was free in campus. ACCOMODATION: I took the less expensive, but it was expensiver than being at home, due to the fact that I live with my parents, and that we are a huge family. NIGHTLIFE: that was not very expensive, and I did not had a tremendous nightlife. TRAVEL: this was expensiver because I do not travel that much at home, and that I took my exchange period as an opportunity to visit the country.

yes obviously, I don't travel that much back home!

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