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transportation, inclusion etc.)? European card (VISA) didn´t work at all in the supermarkets so you had to withdrawn money from convinience stores, transportation was expensive even with the IC Card. If
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used to in Germany, and I had midterms and finals in every course (e.g., assignments, videos, exams, quizzes, reports, etc.). Furthermore, I enjoyed my courses even though I had to switch some of the ones [...] who did not receive a spot in the student accommodation (because a lottery decided who got a spot) had difficulties finding a decent place off campus. The Global Office and the UL website are very helpful
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for a course, we had to give a presentation in class, write a paper and take an oral exam on that paper. Additionally, one professor expected weekly assignments. In some classes we only had to give a presentation [...] usually went out to eat in the city together with other students. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I also had the same classes but way fewer hours and usually on those days I bought groceries at shops close to [...] to the university. Catania has chains like Lidl and GP, but also markets and smaller shops. I had no classes on Mondays, so I could use this day for travelling or catching up on group works. Most places
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in other ways? There are regular events for international students hosted multiple times a week. I had already made some contacts through social and media and through a previous summer school in Romania
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honest, the courses were not the best. Each course had four hours per week, split into two lectures. It gave me flashbacks to my school days, where you just had to sit and listen. There were no discussions or [...] Office, which had two employees, one spoke broken English, and the other didn’t speak English at all. What intercultural experiences/skills have marked your stay? During my stay, I had to adapt to the [...] inclusion etc.)? My everyday life was pretty relaxed. I had to go to the university almost every day and spent a lot of time there since I sometimes had to wait between lectures. During that time, I usually
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helped a lot What intercultural experiences/skills have marked your stay? I'd say a looot, but if I had to choose spending lots of weekends at a canarian friend's house - so the parents always made canarian [...] - free accomondation - 450 per month living - I don't know but partying every thursday at alboroto had it's price What was your best/worst experience? Is there anything else you would like to share? the
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country/home country have changed - and why? Before I went to Italy i had this image of my head that italian people are extremely friendly, as i had this experience with some italian people before. But in every
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amounts of ECTS points that are awarded per course, I still had to gain about 30 ECTS, which left me with 12 courses (instead of 6 as I would have had in Flensburg). Did you learn the local language? How important [...] the responsible people for the internationals weren't all that fluent in English. I was lucky that I had already learned French in school and was able to improve my level during my stay abroad. What intercultural [...] course. This did not work out that well, as many lecturers tended to take longer than that, and I had to switch buildings between several courses. This left me late for them every time (or missing out
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was your best/worst experience? Is there anything else you would like to share? I cannot say that I had a best or a worst experience there, the whole process was relatively neutral in terms of experiences
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the help provided by EUF as well as the receiving institution were already very extensive and I just had to fill in a few documents and so on. What I did however was to talk to a student from EUF who previously [...] crisis in Ireland is no joke. I want to take this as my very first statement, because even though I had heard about this before going abroad, I was not prepared for the extent I experienced. BUT very importantly [...] of places specifically for Erasmus students, that I will have no problem getting in. I did not and had to search for other options, and those are very limited. Other (private) student accommodation was