Don't have much experience with it, but there are happenings and concerts and what not.... I have a few friends who do these things.

How easy it to travel intranationally and internationally from Freiburg? Is there an airport that is feasible by a cab ride?

Yeah, I'd say so [it's pretty easy].... I've done all my traveling with Easy Jet, flying out of Euro Airport located both in Basel/Mullhaus. To get there, you can take the Omnibus from the Hauptbahnhof. It's 18 euro one way; 32 if you pay round-trip. It's pretty easy- the bus runs approximately every hour; you can get a schedule for it. German transportation is the reason why Germans have an image for being so organized and efficient (unfortunately, the efficiency does not extend into the Uni System or the Internet!)

You can find some cheap flights with EasyJet, that would probably cost the same as a train ticket (and of course, a flight is much faster-- an hour to Berlin instead of 7!). Though there are also some good train deals if you look... and I've never taken the overnight ones, but I hear they're pretty good. Just be careful not to oversleep past your stop! haha Oh and also, I'm jealous, because now RyanAir is going to start flying between Basel and Stockholm in October; I really wanted to go to Stockholm! To do that now would involve complicated flight plans. Speaking of RyanAir, they also offer flights out of Karlsruhe. RyanAir will offer a lot of dirt-cheap flights; though just make sure you check the price after taxes and fees; I've often seen tickets for 10 euros, and then the fees bumped it up to about 40 euros!

Since I'm going to be studying at UNI Freiburg, I wanted to know, what are the students like, are they friendly, do they party? What's the atmosphere like?

Oh yes, do they party! Just go to Augustineplatz any night at all, and lots of students are sitting around on the cobblestones, and using the bächlen as coolers for their beers. Student bars are often great meet-up places, and I think all the Student dorm areas have at least one. I live in the StuSie (Studentensiedlung), where we have both Rio Bar and StuSie bar in building 36. I hardly go to StuSie bar, and mostly just hang out at Rio Bar. But both places are pretty good. And StuSie bar has shot night on Wednesdays, with 50-cent shots or something; I usually don't go to shot night because, well, I'm not so into getting hammered, and also Thursdays are the one day I have class, so I usually just go right to bed Wednesday nights. But everyone else loves shot night and comes home at like 6am, earliest.

Sorry if this may break a rule of the community, What are the weed prices and what is the prevailing mind-set towards ganja?

No idea on the prices; I won't be of much help since I don't smoke pot, but from what I can tell, Germany is MUCH more laid back about it than the US... like with everything else! [NOTE to readers-- Rebecca R Nowak does NOT condone the use of illegal substances, whether in the US or elsewhere!] I will also mention, there are a few Turkish cafes that have hookah for very cheap, which I've done a couple times. If you share it with like 3 people, you each end up paying like 1.50 euros.

Are there a lot of French students in the City? Since I'm in New York now, I really do miss the constant exposure to French, and I was wondering if I will meet many French students when there.

Yeah, there's definitely a good handful of French people here. I've had at least one French student in each of my classes; and they usually don't feel as good about their English as the Germans do, so they might as you to read some English excerpt aloud for their Referat (lol... I'm just refering to my personal experience).
By the way, definitely take a trip to Strasbourg, and check out the European Parliament if you get the chance. Even if you don't see the EU parliament, though, the city itself is lovely.

What is the general cost of living? Like how much for a beer at a bar, a loaf of bread, bus fare, stuff like that?

I've been keeping an excel sheet budget... The first month, it looks like I spent a LOT- mostly like on deposits or buying basic things to get settled in or whatever. But then I spend less and less each month. Though my budget does not include my travel costs, which are hard to keep track of, and would throw off my normal-living budget. I can send you that sheet once I finish it and what not....

Anyway, groceries are very cheap in Germany- a liter of milk is 55 cents, whereas in Italy it's 1.10 euro! Lots of things are expensive here, but costs for basic living are pretty good-- you can spend next to nothing on groceries if you do all your shopping at Plus, Aldi, Lidl, Penny. I can get two full bags of groceries for like 10 euros.

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I realize I forgot to also address his questions on price of beer and bus fairs. On the beer-- at student bars you can get it anywhere between 1.50-3 euros.... the cheepest one at Rio Bar is 1.70, which is what I usually get. Beers at Biergartens and other pubs tend to be a bit more expensive, like around 3.20 euro or something. Speaking of biergartens-- Feierlings, hands down, has the best beer that I've ever tasted. I'll miss that a lot when I go home at the end of this month!
On transportation-- you'll probably use the S-bahn a lot more than the buses; in any case, buy a Semesterticket. For 63 euros, you have 6 months of travel anywhere in the first zone.... further out of Freiburg gets complicated. But as far as just traveling from your dorm to the Uni, all you need to know is that it works out.

My German is fairly good, I think I could have written this entire questionaire in German if I wanted to, yet I still lack fluency, I wonder, and I'm not sure if people can answer this for me, will I be thought of as a tourist or as a student, what will my reception be in Freiburg, and what do people think of international students there as a whole?

Well, my German got a LOT better here and I feel relatively fluent in it, as in I can do a lot of the same stuff the average German could do; or if I don't know a certain vocabulary word or whatever, I can circumlocute to get my point accross. I had only had 2.5 years of German before coming here.

Once you're orientated around here, you won't be treated at all like a tourist. I remember when my family visited, I felt very touristy! But Freiburg itself is not a very touristy city, which is pretty nice.

This is more of a curiousity, what are German reactions to english speakers in a way that isn't when they are a tourist? Are they curious to hear slang you might know? Do they try to practice thier English with you? I find that the English I speak on a normal basis is fairly removed from the proper English I might speak in a formal situation or with people who don't speak English as a first language and I was wondering do Germans have an interest in that sort of English?

Sometimes, if they feel pretty confident about their English, they'll just start speaking to you in English, especially if you show that you're having some trouble with German. All you have to do with those people is say, "Can we please speak German? I need to practice," and they usually respect that. And then there are others who will keep speaking in German even though they recognize the American accent, whether it's because they don't feel confident about English, or they feel confident but aren't as eager to speak it, or intuitively understand that as an Auslander you need to practice your German....

One time I was at the hauptbahnhof, where I was kind of in a desperate situation, so I figured I'd just speak in English, since they, working in the travel industry, probably know English perfectly (and that usually is the case). Of course, to be polite, I asked first, "Sprechen Sie Englisch?" and then continued. But they did not understand, so then I was like, "OK, ich kann Deutsch sprechen..." and still managed to communicate OK. It kind of surprised me, because at other Hauptbahnhofs or Flughafen they've had fluent English, as a job requirement I assume. But I guess since Freiburg is a relatively small city, they don't have to know it so much; whereas if you go to Berlin, it almost feels as though English, not German, is their main language!