Aberdare halls is situated right next to the school of music and about a 3-minute walk away from Bute park! To learn a bit more about what it was like to live here, I interviewed Hannah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your favourite thing about your halls and why?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n My favorite thing about my halls was its location. It was very convenient and easy to get to the center of town.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n What was something you wish you had been told before you moved in?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Something I wish I would have been told before I moved in was how quiet it was. Aberdare is <\/strong>definitely one<\/strong> of the harder halls to make friends in and there is <\/strong>definitely not<\/strong> a lot of partying. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you could pick accommodation again, where would you pick (not to be with friends, but singularly about the accommodation)?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I would <\/strong>definitely still<\/strong> choose it to stay in. It was a lovely environment that you could work in and feel like you have your own space. If you want a Taly experience, it\u2019s nicer to just make a friend over there to hang out with and then still be able to come back somewhere quiet.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Which shop did you mainly use?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I used Hoffi <\/strong>Coffi<\/strong> the most just because it was right next door and super quick. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n How did you socialise within the accommodation?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Socializing in the halls was mainly at breakfast and dinner. That was a really nice experience because you could always eat with someone which was important to me as I was coming into the country this semester literally not knowing anyone.<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n How did you find sharing a bathroom if you did?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I did have to share a bathroom, but my flat mates all kept them fairly <\/strong>clean<\/strong> so it wasn\u2019t too bad. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n What were three key points about the halls?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Three key points about the halls: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. it\u2019s <\/strong>super close to town and the university<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>2. <\/strong>It’s<\/strong> <\/strong>very quiet<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. You get <\/strong>catered meals <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Could you describe the experience and overall vibe of your halls? <\/em>H<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The<\/strong> overall vibe of the hall was very classy. The architecture of the building was beautiful. The rooms are older. And it\u2019s very quiet. It\u2019s <\/strong>definitely not<\/strong> for everyone but I really enjoyed my time there for the semester.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aberdare halls is situated right next to the school of music and about a 3-minute walk away from Bute park! To learn a bit more about what it was like to live […]","protected":false},"author":1772,"featured_media":11860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[696,6],"tags":[456,84,683,645,151],"class_list":["post-11859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-for-students","category-halls-of-residence","tag-cardiff-accommodation","tag-first-year","tag-interviews","tag-student-accommodation","tag-student-life"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11862,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11859\/revisions\/11862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}