spring semester

As the barista handed me my midday caffé (which is not served in a large coffee cup, but rather in a small espresso glass), I took out my European money and was ready to pay. He raised his two hands to his chest,…

We caught up with AIFS Study Abroad alumni, Daniel and Liz, who met each other during the Spring 2018 semester in Berlin, Germany. They’ve been together since the May of…

5 hours ahead of home. I thought sleeping on the plane and waking up in London was going to help me surpass the whole “jet lag” thing. I thought, I’ve…

Despite how much I love traveling—experiencing new places, food, people, culture, food—it can definitely induce quite a bit of stress. I never realized how much work really must go into…

Although there are a lot of awesome scholarship opportunities available for studying abroad, we’re all students and mostly likely find ourselves on some sort of budget. Throughout my first month…

About Me My name is Teresa Nguyen. I am 19 years old and I attend a California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). On 23 of January 2019, I stepped out…

A college student exists in an odd in-between stage in life. You’re no longer a child living at home, but most are still bound to our parents since we haven’t…

Before I left for Hyderabad, India I did a lot of research. I spent nights studying the city, I took a class on Indian Theatre to prepare myself for my…

As I look back on the past week and a half that I’ve spent in Greece, there are so many new experiences that I’ve encountered. From the second I left…

Before going abroad, the longest flight I had been on was from New York to California where there the time change was only 3 hours behind. Adjusting to the difference…