High School Semester Abroad Blog

Tomorrow, I start my fourth week of school, and in two days, I will have officially been in Spain for a month. I can’t believe it has already been a...keep reading

I have now been going to school in Chile for two months. Because of this, I have noticed the many differences between school here and school in the US. School...keep reading

This past week, I did not have school. This is the week of fiestas patrias, the celebration of Chile’s birthday. For over a little over a week, the city has...keep reading

Host family placement information will be sent to participants and parents/guardians as soon as placements are finalized. Placements are usually finalized the month of departure. CIEE provides homestay experiences to...keep reading

As an exchange student in Chile, I have experienced many different things, whether it is cultural or just the different things that the people here tend to do. If you...keep reading

After eight hours on a plane, I was a mess, my hair was in a curly mop while left over cheese dotted my shirt. Right as we walked through the...keep reading

"Don't make any plans for this Saturday" was all my host family said to me the week before August 11th. Apparently there was going to be an important party at...keep reading

Welcome to abroad! The food, the language, the culture, school, music, and just about everything else is different! Right now you are probably expecting everything to be different, but truth...keep reading

May allowed me to experience the magic of Phantasialand for the first time. Phantasialand is an amusement park only thirty minutes away from where I live, and it's basically the...keep reading

What's an American girl to do when asked if she wants to spend the long Pfingsten weekend in Paris or London? I'm still not sure completely how we finally decided...keep reading