Erasmus blog Weimar
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IKEA Experience
When we got the room in the student residence we had no idea that we would have to buy everything necessary to eat, study...survive. So most of us decide to make a massive visit to IKEA in Erfurt, it's cheaper when you need many things. But we didn't know that we had...
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Make German Friends!
I am quite sure that anyone of you who studied in Germany has experienced many difficulties in relation with german students. I remeber myself at the beginning trying to communicate with them in english, big mistake! German people are open minded persons, but not as...
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Fill out the application form as sooner as possible
Once you signed in for Erasmus there are many reason to fill out the application form as soon as possible. If you want to stay in a student residence for example, it's very important to be at the beginning of the list. This way you get the best rooms. Later even if you...
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Residences for Musicians in Germany
Musicians are treated very well in Germany and they have the possibility to get very good scholarships and residence in different cities around the country. The music schools in Germany, including the well known ones welcome musicians from all over the world. Many art...
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Summer Course
If you're planning to study next year in Germany I recomend you to join the Summer Courses of language. If you have this possibility it's a good way to start your year with Language Summer Courses. In all the universities in Germany you are offered intensive courses in...
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Weimar\'s Cultural Richness
When I was still deciding to come to Weimar I was really impressed about it's cultural richness. Every information I found about the city talks about Goethe, Schiller, Bach, Liszt as it's cultural origins. The people living in Weimar are really proud of it and they...
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Bikerasmus
In Germany the best way of getting from one place to another in a city is by bike. You usually can hire it paying some 100-120 euros per year (including the 80 euros that they give back when you return the bike in a good condition). The best is to buy a second hand one....
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Back to my Erasmus life
Yesterday I had a large journey coming back to Weimar. After 1 plane (2 hours), 1 bus (2 hours) and 1 train (3 hours) I’m finally back here in Weimar ready to start a new semester and new adventures. Seeing my friends again was something magic. I never expected we...
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Sehr toll! New destinations!
Yesterday I got good news regarding cheap flights to airports closer to Weimar. About a week ago Ryanair put a new flight to Magdeburg. To get from Magdeburg to Weimar it's about 2 hours by train, with 1 train switch in Halle. Because the region is Saxony-Anhalt,...
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German Radio or TV
Another way of learning german faster is listening to the german TV or Radio. This way you get easily used to it's pronunciation and you memorize words without even noticing it. You probably won't understand everything at the beginning but later you'll understand things...
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4 days to go!
My vacation is coming to it's end and finally this Friday I'll be on my way to Weimar. The sadness I feel everytime I leave changes into joy once I get to Weimar. I already left so many times but I can't get used to this sad feeling. I'm leaving here my friends, my...
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Useful links
Surfing through internet today I found some links that could be realy useful for those planning to study in Germany. http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/toa/esindex.htm - this one here provides interesting information and you can consult it in spanish as well. It's a...
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Foolish Things
We do many foolish things in our Erasmus. In this pictures my friends are trying to climb the Big Chair in Weimar. One of them (the small one) could climb it well with the help of the tall one. This last one hurt his back badly. But both of them were happy they could...
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Photo Walk
A Photo Walk is an activity we invented in Weimar. We meet every saturday morning and we choose a destination around Weimar or if we have less time we do it in the town. It's not a simple photo walk with only taking pictures of what we see. It's a nice way of meeting...
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Ways of payment, card or cash
One thing surprised me a lot in Germany was that not everyone accepts debit or credit card from other countries. There are supermarkets were you can pay with credit or debit cards like Rewe or Rossmann, but most of other supermarkets or big shops don't accept them. The...
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The world is a chaos
Everyone is talking about the apocalypsis and the media is making us go crazy with all these news about islamic countries strikes and now about the japanese tragedy. Even though most of us have nothing to do with this countries it brings us a big insecurity in a world...
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And the preparation starts...
And here I am at 8 a. m. prepared to go for a run in the park. On the 4th of april I have the interview for the Expedition subject, so I have to force a bit to have more resistence. It's a big opportunity, this motivates me enough. It's cloudy but still not rainy. It's...
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Party
Celebrate your birthday during Erasmus is the best thing it could happen to you. I didn't have that luck :( 'couse my birthday was during vacation. The birthday surprise parties in Erasmus were the best surprise parties I've ever assisted. You can always send and email...
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Scholarships
When you enroll in an exchange programme like Erasmus the scholarship is the main source of money for those who don't depend on his parents. There are 2 main scholarships for Erasmus students. The one we get for erasmus that is around 300 euros, but every year you get a...
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University Sports Centre
Every university has it's own sport center. If you want to make some sports in the university you are going to, you have to decide much before you start. You can check your university webpage on the sport offer and fees. In Germany is very cheap and usually the fee is...
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