Universidad de León (UL)

The fact that I only had a couple of hours of Spanish a weeks made that I had some knowledge of the language but never had to use it on a daily basis. The first couple of weeks were hard as I didn't have any confidence in speaking spanish. Felt a bit ashamed to speak and feared that people would (excuse the expression)"take the piss of me". But after a while I realised that spaniards are quite proud that you're making an effort to learn their language and will always try to help when you can't find a word, use a wrong conjugation, and listen to what ou have to say. Just try, you're not gonna be deceived. I learned an awfull lo just by being with them, listening to them and being humble enough to accept corrections as they are only trying to help and do it because they want you to improve.

Try to go their by car if you can, it's much more easy to travel in the area, to go to portugal or even the rest of spain. I was disapointed by the spanish in general as they see forein students as weird people, it s a small town in the middle of spain it s not a capital city used to see people from everywhere but in general people are nice. I just loved they way of partying until very late 6 or 7 in the morning!!

Get private accomodation as soon as possible (you can easily save 600 Euros per semester just by doing so). You can easily walk to the city centre, if you're not able to do so (for any possible reason, get a taxi, they are quite cheap).

I feel that the four months I spent in Spain gave me a golden opportunity to see a diverse country and to learn about cultures from many different countries. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in going beyond the borders of their home country.