The University of Salamanca, however, offers e-mail accounts. You need only sign up in advance for time slots and sign a paper confirming that it is for academic use. There are cyber cafes all over town that charge for access by the hour. Upon arrival in Salamanca, your bus will be greeted by an AIFS staff member who will introduce you to your roommate as well as to your homestay host. AIFS prefers not to communicate your homestay's name, address and phone number until the start of the program due to inevitable last-minute changes within the families and students who continuously alter our housing distribution.
Most homes taking in students do so for economic more than cultural reasons.
Many are one-parent families or separated, widowed or divorced women. One of the most important things to remember is that each homestay is different. Some of the homes we work with are luxurious while others are modest. Some are on main street while others are a 20 minute walk from the University. Some of the homes AIFS works with are quiet while in others there's never a dull moment.