Greetings from Vic!
I have spent three months now in Spain. I’m really glad I ended up in Vic, which is quite a small place where almost everything is within a walking distance. Whenever you wanna go to enjoy the life of a bigger city, you just take a bus or train and within an hour you’re in Barcelona. I really like it this way, and I feel that people here in a smaller city are more friendly and relaxed than in Barcelona. We’ve been spending a lot of time in BCN too, since it’s so easy to go there and there’s a lot to see and to do. Here in Vic people speak both Catalan and Spanish as their first languages. I decided to study only Spanish, and I’ve been doing just fine. Of course the locals are always really delighted if a foreigner speaks Catalan to them, especially since there are political issues between Catalonia and rest of Spain. Most of the people here speak at least a little bit English, but in many situations knowing even a few words of Spanish has been the key to understanding 😀
The University has been good, all tough there are no courses related to Film and TV (which is my major) offered in English. Instead I’ve been taking for example marketing classes, and I think that studies here have been different but useful. The teachers speak English more or less, and in the classes there are mostly us exchange students but also locals. On our free time we’ve had lots of dinners, parties, visits to other cities and beautiful nature sights here around Vic. Im lucky to have a roommate who owns a van, so we’ve been able to drive to France, go hiking on Pyrenees and do other trips with a bunch of people.
The first 2 months were really warm, but now during the last month the weather has got colder, and I’m starting to consider to buy a winter jacket… At least I still get a lot of vitamin D, since it’s mostly sunny 🙂 I’m looking forward to see the Spanish/Catalan Christmas traditions, and to see how the city gets alive during the Medieval market that starts next week. Time has gone fast and I’m gonna make the most of my time left here.
Saludos cordiales,
Kirsikka
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