The amount of time that you chose to spend abroad makes a big difference.
If you are looking for a fun trip in which you see sights and take in lots of cultural activities, I would suggest that you take a summer abroad or even a short spring break trip if your university offers it.
Taking a year or a semester abroad is vastly different from a short trip. Wherever you end up going, there will be a multitude of things to do and places to see, so it's hard not to go see all the sights in the first week. It's also really easy to get disillusioned with life. Culture shock and homesickness is very real, and the longer you stay in a country the more cycles of homesickness you go through. Also, you have to learn how to balance the "oh my god I'm in this new, amazing country" factor with the reality that you still have to spend a year or a semester studying and just going through daily life.
You may be in your dorm one afternoon while people are off touring some sight, and you're stuck doing homework or laundry and thinking, "what am I doing with myself?" You have to pick and choose. You have to realize that you're not there just for a fun trip, but you're also living there and therefore you have to keep certain priorities in order.
Shorter term trips often have more of an itinerary and people tend to stick with their groups that they came with. When you study abroad for a year or a semester, you may know only one or two people or you may even go by yourself. When people stay somewhere for a year or a semester, little cliques are an inevitable development.
So yeah, just keep in mind what type of experience you want to have. Do you want a somewhat more touristy experience, or do you want immersion. There's no right or wrong when it comes to studying abroad, just pick what works best for you.
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