A day in the life of a CISL SF student
What is life like for a CISL student? Today Barbara, a student at CISL San Francisco who will soon take the Cambridge Exam, gives us a glimpse into her daily schedule. Thanks, Barbara, for sharing your day with us! One day in my new life By Barbara, CISL SF Student It’s a typical [...]
San Francisco Food Review: Kimbap and Kimchi burrito @ John’s Snack and Deli!
By CISL SF student, Miri Han, Korea It might look like an ordinary small convenience store in the Financial District. But you can have great Kimbap (Korean style maki) and Kimchi burrito here. In small Kitchen John’s mother and some Mexican women cook 10 kinds of Korean food. When I heard of John’s Snack and [...]
Winter in San Francisco
by CISL SF student, Philipp Bourdon (Germany) On December 5th, 2010 my plane landed in San Francisco. My booking involved four weeks studying in Converse International School of Languages and eight weeks Volunteer English program. Also, I am living for those three months in a home stay. I spent Christmas and New Year’s Eve in [...]
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 [...]
CISL SF Students Attend Hillary Clinton & Condoleeza Rice Events
Both Hillary and Condoleeza appeared at different days as part of the Commonwealth club event. Jean-Pierre Guittard made an announcement at the school during graduation letting all students know that CISL SF had bought free tickets for Hillary’s speech and for Condoleeza’s speech (enough for an entire class of about 8 people). Jean-Pierre wanted our [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Feeling at Home in a New City, San Diego!
By Linda Sintniklaas (CISL San Diego Student) After a rollercoaster of emotions and events and 15 hours of travelling you finally arrive in America, at San Diego Airport. Wow, was what I thought, I’m in America. After all the preparations that have been made I’m finally here and it feels good immediately. In the central [...]
Can I Survive Language School?
By CISL SD student, Dianne Kuijs (The Netherlands) Do you like adventure? Do you like getting in touch with people from many different countries and cultures? Have you always wanted to learn English or wanted to improve your English? If you answered yes to any of these questions then I have the golden tip for [...]
