Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

It was interesting for sure! I went because I had a great desire to become as fluent as possible in Spanish. However, Barcelona is a bit different since the main language around town is Catalan. Then to make things worse I lived with a sister and brother who spoke Gallego at home. Everyone would speak to me in Castellano (Spanish), but it made for an interesting language experience. I studied hard and, since I have a good ear, learned a lot. The only strange thing is that I was so obsessed with learning the language I may have given myself a complex. Now almost five years later my Spanish is MUCH better because I have kept up with my studies and I have much more confidence.

I did not know that Barcelona besides castillano has catalan as their official language. It is not a dialect...but used in every day life. So, I did not know about the catalan/spanish question. Therefore for me it was also a bit harder to learn Spanish.

The University!!! Education is much more expensive in México. I saved A LOT of money when I went to pay the courses for the semester. I was really surprised! Also I LOVED the transportation system in Barcelona. I didn´t miss my car at all, because the transportation is so well distributed and managed that I got from place to place with minima effort.

The university was great. I had a couple of wonderful professors who were fantastic