May 2013

Sarah was one of the winners of our Best of Fall student photo contest and she wrote us about her photo and what she would say to students considering going…

One of the best things about our student blogger, Elise, is her unfailing ability to insert Cannes puns into her blog posts. Case in point, her most recent post about…

Cost of an AIFS trip including airfare in 1965 – $685 Changing the way you see the world – priceless It’s #tbt and we are going way back to our…

Ben is studying abroad with us in London and he is 1) very excited and 2) a bit of a music expert. We asked him to tell us about the…

I expect that most other students have spent most of their week preparing for their trip tomorrow by packing, carefully double checking itineraries, running through lists of essentials, getting briefed…

Getting ready for traveling this summer? Thinking and planning to go abroad in the next few years? Here are a couple good reads for travel ideas:   This article from…

We had amazing submissions for our fall photo contest (see here for all the winners and here for all of the wildlife photos), but Eugenia’s photo, “Afternoon bike ride through…

April 1999 – MySpace is introduced to the internet, TLC has the #1 song for weeks and Wayne Gretzky plays his last game. Oh, and AIFS’s very own David is…

Charles is studying with us in St. Petersburg, Russia and he wrote about his experience at Victory Day Celebrations.   The semester has reached an end, I had a remarkable…

Our Resident Director in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kathryn Alcock, just sent us some FAQ’s she put together for our summer program. What’s going on in Russia for the summer, you…