Tangerine's PoV

Here we go. I’m here and I have to deal with the people, unfortunately. I have been here 5 years ago and I rememeber that the only peolple that I could speak to were the tourists and we talked in English. I left with a pretty bad impression about Barcelona, but times have changed and also the circumstances have changed. When I came I had no problem. When you go into a bar or into a shop they start to talk to you in Catalan, but if you speak Spanish they continue in Spanish. Not at the university. I made my exams here and I will start my studies, Publicity and Public Relations, in October in the Pompeu Fabra University, here in Barcelona. So I went to make all the necessary about the registration, and here it started. I talked to everybody in Spanish but they all tried to explain me things in Catalan, although I told them that I do not understand anything of what they said. Anyway, finally I could make my registration, with some problems, like, writing my first and last name in reversed order, so we have tried for 20 minutes to find my file.

After one week I went again to Pompeu Fabra because it seems that they don’t want to speak to their students by phone. I needed a paper to say that I am a student of Pompeu Fabra, because I have already paid and I need it for the visa, otherwise I will have lost the money for the exams, registration and for the trips here. And surprise! The persons that could sign that for me are on holiday until September. This is at least amazing. I already have the ticket because when I went to register I told them that I would need the paper and they told me “No problem, on the Information Point they will give it to you”. So I bought the plane ticket for the 26th of August because I have to be here before the 26th of September when the course starts , as it takes two weeks at least to get the visa. Let’s see what happens. This time they talked to me in Spanish, although I would have preferred Catalan for this type of news, if I wouldn’t understand it wouldn’t hurt.

Let’s see what happens in the end. My advise: Stay away from Pompeu Fabra if you do not speak Catalan.

Pompeu Fabra es muy Pompeu Fabra.