Only at the University of Seville...

1) In theory there are 25 classes per week but in practice only 5 due to strikes, Bologna protests, "urgent" staff meetings and never ending colds and viruses because of the monsoon winters perfect for viral spread

2) Two out of the five daily classes are in the classroom, three in the cafeteria

3) Your "Latin Roots of Spanish" lecturer lectures literally wrapped in a rug, in three layers of clothing, shivering with fever, sneezing and coughing, lips twitching with cold, in a tiny classroom. Thank Heavens for daily doses of Sambucol, oranges and garlic.

4) Your semester finishes before it even starts because there is a week-long strike, demonstrations and you have the misfortune of being ion the biggest campus therefore the thrifty psychologists, economists, lawyers and other mid-term exam sitters INSIST they use your rooms instead of just renting one in the Town Hall like the rest of the world

5) You are still completing the first semester subjects due to the lack of classes two weeks into the second term when suddenly they announce your second term is stopping for the next 3 WEEKS, only two weeks into its running. :)

6) You are in 5th and final year of the "Theory of Language" class and people go "huh" at the mention of Umberto Eco, Mark Halliday or Noam Chomsky. :)A bit like final year Physics students raising their eyebrows at names like Stephen Hawkins or Albert Einstein

7) Absolutely ALL your resources are online including etymological dictionaries, historical maps, home tasks and projects and reading lists. Either that or you have to photo copy them as the library wouldn't allow "fragile" books out. (Fragile here means more than 10 years old). Definitely something you'd love to hate

8) Your biggest class contains 8 people (all foreigners) due to 95% of the reading list being in English (usually Harvard Press) and the locals barely know enough English to order a beer.

9) You have the impression of attending the Spanish Riding School by the number of 'boots over jeans' outfits. One day you don such an outfit yourself and do not even realise till you get home because that's all you see

And last but not the least...

10) You actually LIKE the food in the cafeteria :)