<p>Hey Evildad,</p>
<p>Totally cool that you did that! The times I spent studying languages abroad, I rarely met other students who went independently like me, and if they did, it was usually him or her that came up with the idea, and not dad! I looked at the German program you mentioned, pretty cool that you found that too! From what I have seen, US universities send students in their programs to schools like the one you mentioned, but then they charge regular US tuition for it, so it ends up costing $10,000 a semester for tuition (for example) instead of 500 euros…oh yeah, and the 30 euro registration fee. What do they do with all that left over money anyway? Best thing for me was that I avoided student loans and I got to study abroad. </p>
<p>By the way, did your daughter like the homestay? I’ve known a lot of people who did that but I always got a room in a student apartment – mostly cause its cheaper, but I don’t know, I think sometimes also cause theres probably more freedom in a student apartment. Did she complain that all the food was fried! lol</p>