Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen (WAU)

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These 4 months I spent in Wageningen, and in Holland were unforgettable, not only because of the valuable work I did to collect materials for my thesis, but also because i got to know a lot of interesting people (Dutch and international as well), I visited Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Gouda, Utrech, Maastrich (just to mentione some of them), and the Dutch culture in general amazed me. One single advice at last: Do not forget your umbrella at home!!!!!!

I was speaking a fluent Dutch when I arrived in Wageningen. I was keen on improving my Dutch. There were Dutch classes offered but only for the beginners and advanced. All Dutch people speak a very good English and they like to speak English. I still had the opportunity to speak Dutch at the bank, when shopping etc. I could also speak Dutch with some of my house mates. There are many international students, so I was speaking mostly English. Meeting all these internatinal students also provided me the chance to improve the other languages I speak. Overall, it was a great experience. I would rate it as excellent.

The university offered several apartments to share with the rest of students, some of the flats were composed by international students, and others just by Dutch students with a room for an international, which was the one I had so my personal experience was very satisfactory. However, some of the flats didn´t have a common area such a living room, so the students couldn´t get to know eachother as they spent the time in their own rooms.

There was a market held every weekend in the centre of the city, where second hand household items were available for reasonable price.