By Dianne Kuijs, The Netherlands (CISL San Diego Student) After all the preparations, the journey to San Diego, and all the first impressions of the city, I began my lessons at Converse International School of Language (CISL) last week. Although I was already settled in San Diego, as I walked into the building of CISL...
Category: <span>Living & Traveling in San Diego</span>
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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...
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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...
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SHOPPING in San Diego, California
By CISL San Diego student, Nicolas Sayo (France) If you are a shopping addict or if you just like shopping, San Diego is the ideal place. There are clothes for everybody : fashionistas, bargain hunters, sportsmen, etc… San Ysidro, 40 minutes south of San Diego by trolley, is my favorite shopping destination. San Ysidro, just...
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Balboa Park: a natural place in the center of San Diego
If there is one place where one could linger for several days, it’s here: the 490 acres of Balboa Park are home to fifteen museums, an art colony, theaters, restaurants, clubhouse botany, zoo A field of “petanque” on grass and a plethora of buildings with various architectures, which blends Spanish baroque, southwestern and traditional contemporary...
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VANTAGGIO: Converse student residence
It is the place where the students normally sleep during the travel.You have a suite with everything you need (shower, microwave, fridge…). The place is very well located in Little Italy very close to downtown, the center of the city and Converse. There are more than 300 students so it is very easy to meet people from all the...
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Amazing Mission Beach
When I first got off from the bus in Mission Boulevard my attention was captured by the huge Roller Coaster located few steps from the coast. What I didn’t know was that the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster is just one of the several rides you can find in Belmont Park. Belmont Park is San Diego’s beachfront...
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Visiting the “UrbanTrees” Art Exhibit at the San Diego Harbor
Shin’s Level 9 class recently visited an exhibit called “The Art of Trees” at the San Diego Harbor. After the trip, his students took some time to write about their experiences. Here are some of their opinions about the exhibit: “I was surprised after visiting ‘The Art of Trees’ at the Harbor, because beforehand, I...
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Looking back: a class’ favorite CISL memories
When all the students from Natalie’s Level 8 class graduated, they decided to do something interesting: make a book about the experiences at Converse! Here are some of their entries in their “yearbook.” “I have to recognize that these classes have been fun. What I liked the most were my classmates because all of them...
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Reviewing Pancakes in SD’s East Village
CISL San Diego teacher Denise’s Level 9 English Class recently took a trip to the Mission Café, a restaurant located in Downtown San Diego, to introduce her students to American pancakes. After their delicious meal, the students were asked to write a restaurant review. Here is what they had to say: “Pancakes at the Mission Café” by...