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4 Weeks in San Diego!
By CISL SD Student, Linda Sintniklaas (The Netherlands) San Diego’s Little Italy When you are staying in Vantaggio in San Diego, you will live in Little Italy. This is a little village in the centre of San Diego with a lot of restaurants, cafés and bars. People here will speak to you in Italian and [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Student Living Abroad
By CISL SD student, Linda Sintniklaas (Netherlands) “This morning I woke up with such a good feeling! I felt really happy! Maybe you are wondering why I felt so happy this morning? It was because of my experiences as a travelling student in San Diego. During my stay here I came to [...]
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What makes San Diego, San Diego?
By CISL SD student, Dianne Kuijs (The Netherlands) Do you know the feeling of arriving in a new city? When everything is strange to you? When you even have to find out where the nearest supermarket or what the best way is to travel from place to place? I experienced all that when I arrived [...]
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Baseball in downtown San Diego, such as sport must be!
By Linda Sintniklaas, The Netherlands (CISL San Diego Student) If you think you can’t go to a good baseball match in San Diego, you’re totally wrong! The home stadium of the Padres is located in San Diego, named the Petco Park. This stadium is the property of the much appreciated San Diego Padres, ‘the’ baseball [...]
CISL San Francisco
A walking culinary tour of San Francisco
Attention, food lovers! Are you interested in learning more about the flavors of San Francisco restaurants? Check out Foodie Adventures for a walking culinary tour of one of San Francisco’s districts… and come hungry! Participants can choose from many different tours. Would you like to learn more about the city’s Latin American cuisine? Sign up [...]
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The history of the ABCs
How did you learn the ABCs? The classic song–sung to the same tune as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”–is how most children and adults learn the English alphabet. But did you know that this was not always the most common way of learning the ABCs? In the 19th century, most students learned the alphabet with a rhyme [...]
SD Event: Fashion Show at Pacific Beach’s Typhoon
Many of our students say that one of the most exciting aspects of living in California is the fashion. Californians are known for their relaxed, colorful, and fashion-forward dress, and the state is full of inexpensive shops with great merchandise! On Friday, May 11, students will have an exciting opportunity to learn a little more [...]
Idioms with “May”
April showers bring May flowers, and May brings… a lot of idioms! There are quite a few idioms that use the word “may”. Today, we are looking at a few that are easy to incorporate into everyday speech. Note: these all use the word “may” that is a modal, not the word “May” that is [...]
