After 4 months living in Granada I may be a little bit bias\nbut I believe it is one of the best places in the world! It is a great place to\nlive, especially as an Erasmus student, as it is hard to get bored when there\nare so many opportunities to get involved with and my advice to anyone who ends\nup coming to Granada is to try and get involved with as much as you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Firstly, there are so many groups that are there solely to\nmake your experience in Granada as amazing as possible. The three main groups\nare ESN (Erasmus Student Network), Best Life and Emycet. They offer everything\nfrom bar crawls, tapas nights and trips to Seville, Barcelona, Ibiza, Madrid, Morocco\nand many more places. As everything is all organised by the organisation, it is\none of the easiest and cheapest ways to meet new people and travel. Also, if\nyou become a member of ESN you will get a card that offers discounts on so many\nuseful things, such as hostels and transport. You can also get 15% off 8 Ryanair\nflights, as well as free luggage up to 20kg. So, if you over pack and bring way\nmore stuff with you than you need it is ideal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though Granada is obviously the best place in the world,\nI have to admit that there is one negative to living in a city so full of Erasmus\nstudents and that is how easy it is to forget to speak Spanish (which sounds\ncrazy but too many times I have got to 10pm and realised that I haven\u2019t spoken\na word of Spanish due to the fact I am surrounded by people who (like in the\nwhole of Europe) speak amazing English! If you are the same as me then luckily\nin Granada there are many language exchanges or \u2018intercambios\u2019 where you can go\nand practice Spanish. They are such great places to meet people and force\nyourself to speak. What makes it so good is that everybody there is in the same\nboat, which makes speaking a different language a little less daunting. Plus\nthere is food and alcohol which always helps to break the ice! The two best\nones are on Mondays and Tuesdays. The one on Monday can be found at Lemon Rock and\nthe one on Tuesday is at Entresuelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are also many clubs that are available through the\nuniversity. For example, there is a film club that meets once a week to watch and\ntalk about a wide range of Spanish movies. It is such good thing to get involved\nwith because it is great to practice your Spanish and meet people without the\nawkwardness that so often happens when trying to make new friends because you\nalready have something to talk about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are just a few of the things Granada has to offer and\nthe more you research and talk to other people, the more opportunities you will\nfind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 4 months living in Granada I may be a little bit bias but I believe it is one of the best places in the world! 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