Université de Bourgogne

Use the phone less, use the internet more! Find an internet cafe, train station, or tourist office for information.

Look for cheap travel deals....especially for ones to and around England and Ireland. i think...www.buzzaway.fr has really good flight deals to london. Participate in the sports on campus (suaps) you can go iceskating, skiing, etc for really cheap and meet french students.

Book accommodation in university residence well in advance. Work and save some money before going, especially if you have no living parents to support you.

I thoroughly enjoyed my language experience In Dijon. My favorite activity was le jeu de piste. We went downtown with a list of questions and the objective was to ask the locals about their town and to become more familiar with the town by communicating with the local people. All of the teachers were very friendly and patient, and were interested to teach foreign students. The Dijonnais are fairly used to the city being full of foreign students, so they too were quite friendly It was difficult to meet other French students during the summer. I really was impressed with the over-all program.