Student - September 15, 2011
Stamppot with the buddy family
So there you are at Wageningen bus station. Your first day as an Erasmus student, with six months of partying ahead. And how are you going to find your way around?

Family
But there was more to the evening than the food. The students were able to meet their buddy families for the first time. This system, thought up by IxESN, links groups of three exchange students with three older students, and together they form a ‘family'. The evening was a success, says Soline enthusiastically. ‘The groups had met up beforehand to get to know each other and came here to eat stamppot. The odd lost soul was quickly adopted by another family.'
Together
The ‘families' go to various parties and activities together, and the mentors are available to answer practical questions. After half a year, most of the exchange students return home and the groups disperse.