(1) WELCOME

    IF YOU want to feel like home. If you want to feel wanted for yourself and what you are. If you want to develop your potential. If you want to make the most of your time as a student. If you want academic excellence and a proper place to grow as an intellectual, but in the same time a tremendous and vibrating medium to make memories that will last all your life, that certainly means that you WANT to come in Newcastle upon Tyne.

     My name is Mihail Pandrea and I study Architecture at Northumbria University, starting this year, so yes, you guessed, I am a fresher, same as you are.

     Making a right choice is hard, especially when you are having a hard time finding the right arguments to feel like not regretting a single thing.

     Everyone knows it is hard to find a home away from home, and the 3-days homesick, when you first come to study away from your native areas and getting to fit in a whole new society, finding your place between the others,  it is obvious, so do not panic.

     I came to Newcastle with a certain plan set on my mind, so first, if you haven’t done that already, try getting a piece of paper and write down what comes in your mind about this city. After few minutes of thinking, and writing, you got all the hypothetical stereotypes out of your head, then, open your window, breathe some fresh air, free your mind, get dressed appropriately to the weather and go out on the city. Follow your instinct, Newcastle is a great place to “get lost in”. Get on with the atmosphere of the city. Take a break, as there are so many places to have a snack or a coffee, my favourites being Starbucks, Costa Coffee and Metro Café Newcastle. Ever wondered starving to death as a student? There isn’t a single chance in here, as long as the food is cheap, both for you to cook, finding markets as Tesco or HiYou, but also for you to eat as already cooked, Newcastle being a paradise for a gourmand, with places such as Eat for Less, Mc. Donald’s , Burger King, SubWay, Pizza Hut, KFC, Zapatista,  Frankie&Benny’s, most of them located on the main shopping street of Newcastle, just 2 minutes from all the locations of Northumbria University, Northumberland Road.