I studied at UofA during the third year of my MSci Chemisty degree at University of Nottingham, UK. The campus is lovely and bike friendly.I bought a cheap bike off of craigslist to get around and at the end of the year I gave it away. Shockingly, there was a language barrier! For example, I needed a hoover to clean my room and the dorm receptionist was very confused until I remembered that Americans call it a vacuum. I shared a room with a stranger! It’s normal in America to have a roommate. I stayed in a mixed dorm, Hopi Lodge. There were lots of socials activities and support from the dorm RA. There was a lot of opportunities for free pizza, wings and candy floss, I loved it! The campus is very pro fitness, there’s workout stations around the campus and a well equipped gym that you have to pay for. Across the road from the campus is a outdoors activity shop that host lots of different hiking/camping and surfing trips which I took advantage of. Teaching is great, I had to take some graduate classes as required by University of Nottingham, UK. Also, I joined a research group and help to complete one of the groups research projects.