When I know where I was going on Erasmus, I immediately looked where it was. Because Zilina isn’t a famous city in the Europe. I was a bit worried because being a new destination I had little information about courses or accommodation. But the partner university gave us a lot of paperwork so we wouldn’t … More How to be ready for the D-Day ? By Mathilde
Talking about greeting people or entering in a Slovak’s house, there are some customs that we haven’t in France. Thanks to the handbook and the internet, we discover those customs which will help us to minimize the culture shock. Thus, about greetings, they are warm but not effusive. In fact, Slovaks are used to doing … More The culture shock
Hello everybody, today we are going to tell you how we obtained a housing for our Erasmus. The university of Žilina has many dormitories for Erasmus students! Unfortunately, the dormitories are in renovation and it won’t be finished for our summer semester. When we learn about it, we were little disoriented… Fortunately, few days after … More Housing
As we never go to Slovakia and so to Žilina, we hadn’t no idea how to go there. Fortunately, the university of Žilina has a very comprehensive document with all the key information about this country. Thanks to this document which helped us to know the best trip to go to Žilina. We chose to … More How to go there ?
In the beginning of September, I checked that I had a passport and that my identity card would be still valid for this Erasmus semester. As the university of Žilina is a new partner of our school, I’ve no idea how the life is there and where I can sleep during the semester. Fortunately, the … More How to be ready for the D-Day ? By Manon
From 25th February to 30th June 2020, we are going to study in the University of Žilina at the Faculty of Security Engineering. Žilina takes place on the north of Slovakia and lies near three rivers : the Vah, the Kysuca and the Rajčianka. This town is one of the bigger towns of the Slovak Republic. In … More Žilina and the university
Who are we ? Why did we create this blog ? All the answers are here ! Hello everybody, we are Mathilde and Manon, two French students. We create this blog to share you our future Erasmus experience in Slovakia! We will study in Žilina for the next semester : the summer semester from the … More Presentation
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