I lived in England for a year in the town of Reading - I went to University of Reading!

It was a really fantastic experience. Aside from not having enough money to actually do traveling while I was there (really kills me, because old friends and classmates on FB that have just did their study abroad experience have photos of them traveling to all the places I could never afford - maybe their parents sent them the money?) and some trout with transferring my credits over to my new university, it was an absolutely wonderful time and I recommend everyone to do it.

It's very humbling to be a foreigner somewhere, even in a place that may speak the same language, like my going to England. I also personally love the feeling of running away somewhere new. It's easier for me than sticking around in one place (right now, being frustrated with my job situation, all I want to do is just blow away somewhere and do a JET program to Japan or something).

Where have you applied to stay?