Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Because germany is simple lot more expensive than in Mexico, or even in Texas, US.

more things to take care of

At home housing is on campus and many of the expenses (telephone, and food) are included in the general room and board payment, which overall was a bit less then paying separately for everything in Germany. With travel, I do not travel much during the semester, however while I was in Europe I wanted to take advantage of quicker travel (shorter distances and more developed public transportation systems) in order to see as much as I could. Finally, at home I pay with the Dollar, which was (and still is)doing a bit poorly compared to the Euro so my expenses were a bit higher due to that factor.

it was probably my personnal choice, no more cost for the travel as I was hitchhiking from France to germany.

Paris is avery expensive city for a student! Travelling by train is however something quite expensive in Germany.

I spend more because the cost of life is higher than in Italy and because there're more chances to travel and to go out. The accomodation in Heidelberg is also particularly expensive.