Top articles
-
Good deals restaurants
As we are students, we don't have as much money as workers can, that's why we must find how spend the less money possible to do what we have to do daily. To eat is essential, but nowadays food and restaurants are really expensive so it can be difficult...
-
Trip to luxembourg
Saturday, 19th april we went to luxembourg for the day. We took the car in the morning at 8:30 am for 3 hours of drive . When we arrived in Luxembourg we found a free carpark for the day and near a bus station to go in the city center . In Luxembourg...
-
Getting to Breda ?
Breda is situated in the southern part of the country. From Angers, in France, which is situated in the western part of the country, we have to pass by Paris, and by Belgium. Breda is really near to the frontier with Belgium, the distance is around 15...
-
First impressions of Breda
After our arrival, we directly went to our appartment in order to take our keys and have a rest. But we letf our things and went out to visit the city with two other students from the ESAIP living in the same building. We have been immediatly surprised...
-
The life in Breda
The Public Transport : The main public transport in Breda is the bus. The bus station is near to the train station. In the Netherlands, there is a travel's card called "PT Smart Card" for travel by bus in Breda. This card is valid for travel on trams...
-
Accomodation in Breda
At the beginning, four ESAIP students and us wanted to rent a house together. We found a very good offer in an Exchange Students Campus, which was outside of Breda. For a low price, we had a very beautiful house, and even if the campus was far from Avans...
-
AVANS Hogeschool
Avans University of Applied Sciences, or "Avans Hogeschool" in the Dutch language is a "high-ranked" vocational university. This university is located in three towns, 's-Hertogenbosch, Tilburg and Breda. It is often defined like the best major university...
-
Bikes in Breda
Everybody know around the planet, nowadays, bikes are really important in the Netherlands. We can see this fact in Breda such as everywhere in the country. When we went out of the train station the first day, the first thing I saw was the bikepark. There...
-
Week-end in Brussels
On 22nd February, we went to Brussels for the week-end. There were six of us : Paul, Julien, Raphael, Segolène, Laetitia and me. Raphael's brother has lived in brussels for many years so we had an accommodation there. We arrived at 10 a.m. in Brussels,...
-
Breda, Netherlands
Breda is a town situated in the south of the Netherlands, in the Noord-Brabant. This is a big city of 179 285 inhabitants on 2013, which has an area of 129,15 square meters. Source : Wikipedia Breda is called "the city of the shoes". This is due to the...
-
Presentation
Hi ! This blog is about an Erasmus placement in the Netherlands, in Breda. We are two French students from an engineering school, ESAIP, located in Angers. Our names are HARDEL Paul and MEYER Alexandre, and we are 21 years old. During three months, we...
-
King's day
Koningsdag is one of the most spectacular public holiday in Holland. Everything and everyone is wearing in orange and all the people celebrate this day. Throughout this day the country have held many concerts, fairs, flea markets and parties. Even the...
-
Casino in breda
Friday, April 4th me , alexander , raphael , julien, leaticia and segolene we went to the casino in breda .Firstly we dropped our coats in the cloakroom (free) and then we paid the entrance 5€, here the entrance is not free . We walked in the casino to...
-
Cultural Project
During the stay in Breda, we have to complete a cultural project. In order to do this, we have to inform us about four subjects that we choose. We decided to work on : - the Carnival of Breda. It is an important event in Breda and each inhabitant in the...
-
Our departure travel
On 22nd January, at 10 a.m., our train left the city of Angers. We arrived in Paris after a bit more than two hours. There, we had to walk and take the subway to go to another train station in the city. It was a difficult moment because we had a lot of...
-
The weather in the Netherlands
After a few weeks in Breda, we can say that the weather is not very nice. The sky is always gray, we can not see the sun through the thick clouds. So, with this situation and because of the winter, the weather can be really cold. Moreover, it often rains...
-
Second day in Amsterdam
On Saturday 29th March, we went again to Amsterdam for the day. This time, almost the whole group of ESAIP students was there. We left Breda at half past 9 a.m., ten people went to Amsterdam by car, and two people had to travel by train because there...
-
Alcohol in Breda
Here in the Netherlands, there are almost the same drinks, like alcohol, as in our own country. We are young adults, we are students, and we are in an erasmus placement, so we like to party sometimes. The first difference we saw was that there is no strong...
-
How to live together when you are 6 people
We are seven from ESAIP to live in the same residence in breda . We have 3 apartments . There are me in collocation with alexander, raphael and Julien , laeticia and segolene . The kitchen is collective so we eat together every days. It's like an organization,...
-
Day in Amsterdam
On 6th March, we went to Amsterdam because several French friends came to see us during our holidays, and they wanted to see the capital city of the country. So, in the morning, at 10 a.m., we left Breda with three cars and drove for almost 1 hour until...
-
ESSET ?
ESSET is the place were we had to follow our different course was separated from the rest of the university. It was a specific wing were every person studiyng the environment sciences in Avans had to be, named ESSET, what means Environmental Science for...
-
The burglary
During the night, Paul and me were broken into. We sadly forgot to lock our door. While we were sleeping, I heard some noise in the room but i didn't pay attention at the beginning, I just asked to Paul what was he doing, and he answered me that he was...
-
Our studies in Avans
The main objective of an Erasmus placement is the studies in a foreign school. Here, in Avans, there are several courses that we follow. During three months, we study with first year students and also with second year students from the Environment wing...
