High School Semester Abroad Blog

This trip to Morocco is the most life changing trip I’ve ever been on. I will be sharing pictures of what I got to see and do throughout the trip,...keep reading

So my day started out as a fairly calm day. I had plans on meeting a few other exchange students in Shibuya at 12 to check out a cat cafe...keep reading

¡Hola! I’ve started out this blog post with a simple word: hola . Now I’m sure you know what that word means. You didn’t even have to think about it...keep reading

Hello! My name is Benjamin Pearl, I’m in eleventh grade, and I am studying abroad in Spain for the academic year 2017-2018 through CIEE. Unfortunately I’m a bit late to...keep reading

I haven’t posted in awhile. After the program excursion to Morocco, I fell into a rut. I had realized while away that while I wasn’t having a particularly bad time,...keep reading

Today was a sad day. That doesn’t mean that something bad happened today: quite the contrary. Today was, in every sense of the word, ordinary. Your average Italian Sunday with...keep reading

From the first day I arrived in Spain, I noticed one thing that was very different – the abundance of old ladies! Or, as we call our grandmothers in Spain,...keep reading

Josie M. spent a summer abroad with CIEE in Valparaiso, and is now studying for a year with us in Chile, thanks to the North Carolina DeNoyelles Scholarship. Read all...keep reading

Most people know the difference between a tourist and a traveler. The tourist stays hidden within the safe confines of the hotel, lest choosing to see only the most popular...keep reading

Time moves along so quickly… It’s been a full six months since I arrived here in France. I feel like it’s been only one. I suppose that’s because I thought...keep reading