Thanks to my Erasmus semester in Utrecht, I was given the chance to live in a storybook country for five months. Small brick houses decorated with pretty gables, romantic canals and bicycles wherever you look. Having been spoiled by the view of the Schloss Mannheim, I could still get enthusiastic about the charm of Utrecht University. Even Napoleon’s brother studied in the university’s library. Back in Mannheim, I am not only a proud owner of a roadster bicycle but also speak Dutch now.
Annika Freitag, student in the master’s program in Culture and Economy: Spanish Studies, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
/ Photo credit: Ye Fung Tchen