Université Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV

Food and drinks are just expensive in Bordeaux, unless you drink wine all the time! :-) For me, telephone costs were not so high, because I'm a European civilian and there are rules to keep those costs low. However, I would certainly use Skype to call your family and friends at home, because it is still cheaper. I've noticed that housing is quite expensive in the centre of Bordeaux, however, I got lucky to find a very cheap apartment. You do need to start looking on time! Nightlife is extremely expensive. I've travelled throughout France and my final conclusion was that Bordeaux was, besides Paris, the most expensive in nightlife, food, drinks, all together. Travelling was still expensive I think. I would certainly by a carte 12-25, that gives you up to 50 percent on your rides with the TGV. For using the tram (which is really modern and very handy) and the bus, I payed 26 euros a month. I don't think that's much, because you can get anywhere in Bordeaux with that and I used my pass several times a day. In general, my erasmus was a very expensive joke!