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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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Christie Brinkley stars in “Chicago” in SD
Supermodels usually walk the catwalk, but this weekend, world-famous supermodel Christie Brinkley will grace a different stage–the theater–in a production of Chicago. Brinkley will perform at the San Diego Civic Theater from May 8 to May 13. Brinkley is one of the world’s most successful supermodels. She has been featured on the cover of [...]
Take the 30-Day Phrasal Verb Challenge with CISL!
It’s phrasal verb month at CISL! Many students groan when they hear the words “phrasal verb.” We understand why: there are hundreds of phrasal verbs in the English language, and the only way to learn them is to memorize them. There is no “quick fix” when it comes to learning phrasal verbs! Or is there? [...]
Grammar Lesson of the Month: Phrasal Verbs
It is that time again: Grammar Lesson of the Month! Last month was all about Conditionals, but this month, we are focusing on Phrasal Verbs. What is a phrasal verb? There are a few types, but the most common phrasal verb is a verb + preposition/adverb. Individually, these two words have separate meanings; together, these [...]
