SIDE NOTE

Just to mention to anyone wanting to do an exchange, the housing scenario isn’t as terrible as it sounds. I think I mine was made more dramatic by the fact I changed what I was looking for half way through, and looking for just one room in a share house is a lot easier than looking for a whole house, or 4 rooms. The university accommodation is ridiculously expensive and from what I’ve heard it’s not that great (not the same as Newcastle, and other universities, first year accommodation anyway) so anyone else coming I’d definitely do it the way I did. Plus to be honest we saw a lot of the surrounding areas while house searching, which was good and you get to see the differences in what you get for your money.