As I had some remarks that the Dutch language is not really readable for everyone, here an entry in English. If you don't feel like reading: Paris is fantastic, study is cool and the people are really nice. Administration is hell like everywhere and organisation is often missing. That will about summarize the past few weeks.
The thing I was scared about first, the fact that you can easily be lost and alone in a big city like Paris, is not a thing to be scared about any more =) The people here are great, and not just the Erasmuspeople, les océano's are also a great bunch. And of course my coloc's!
The lessons at university are interesting at some point, but very different to what I'm used to. Not every professor will have a powerpoint presentation (although most have) and statistics isn't taught on a computer, but we have to calculate everything by hand... We get a table with p-values instead of statistica just giving you the answer. And then there is the professor with a powerpoint presentation, who refuses to put it online. And there is no course, so you'll just have to do with the things you wrote down.
And the after-uni life is just great. The pick-nicks on the banks of the Seine, the pubs and just the beautiful city of Paris make it a really nice home. I'm already used to the transport-hours which are a big part of your life here, but I do miss a bicycle. I'll have to find a second-hand one somewhere fast =D
Negatives: administration and organisation. Administration in a new country is always hard I guess, but here the just love their papers. It feels like the Vogons in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy from time to time. And the organisation just isn't clear and most of the times just lacking. Chaotic, just like the city, I guess.
See you all in Paris!
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