Universidad de Sevilla (US)

Have fun. The feeling of homesickness does go away. I'd definitely recommend staying a whole year. Make sure you have experiences of eating real Spanish food. That's something I missed out on a bit moving into an apartment. Luckily, one of my friends lived w/someone who was glad to have guests.....a few of us went over there for a full multi-course Spanish lunch quite a few times. When I was traveling over the Winter break, and bought souvenirs, I found it was helpful to mail some stuff directly home to the States from where I was (Athens).

For learning Spanish it may be more advisable to go somewhere further North. The accent is sometimes absolutely unintelligable in Seville. However the city is amazing and must be seen. Try very very hard to make friends on your course, it will be hard due to the language barrier and the fact that most students won't live near you but coursemates are vital to passing the exams.

travel light, you always pack more than you need. bring travel size shampoos and soaps. you dont really

Travel as much as you can as it is SO cheap.