I cannot say that I met lots of locals. I met a lot of exchange students instead. However, Polish people are good hosts and helpers if some support is needed. I met Polish people every day at the dormitory, but sometimes they are shy, because of the language barrier. Nevertheless, I do have Polish and Spanish friends as they are also on the exchange program.
While choosing my exchange university I also checked the available course catalogue and my decision was made pretty quickly. My selected courses were: Leisure Time Design, Tourism in cities, Alternative Tourism, Ecology, Sightseeing Poland and Poznan, Sailing, Pedagogy in Tourism and World Culinary Tourism. I really enjoyed these courses as they were both theoretical and practical. My favorite ones were Leisure Time Design and Alternative Tourism. In these courses we executed many projects and events developed by ourselves. In Alternative Tourism for instance, we went on a field trip to the north of Poland to the Baltic Sea, which enabled us to go to another destination as a group. Moreover, the chosen courses differ from my previous courses at Stenden, as they are more physical tourism oriented subjects.
Sparetime
In my free time I enjoyed travelling around Poland and visiting other big cities as Warsaw and Krakow. I also spend the time with my friends discovering new cafes, night life, events, and cultural institutions or simply just going to a thermal bath in Poznan. Furthermore, as I am on Erasmus the university, Erasmus Student Network (ESN Poznan) organized a special program for exchange students. We visited the Lech beer Brewery, the Lech Poznan football stadium, castles, museums etc. My personal highlight was skiing on an artificial ski slope at the Malta Lake. All in all, I had a good stay in Poznan with numerous memorable moments and many new friends.