Mar 20, 2019 4 min The CIEE Diaries: Teach Abroad - Two Week Immersion: Living in a Spanish Household For the Two-Week Immersion experience, I had the privilege of living with a husband and wife that were in their mid-thirties. The...
Mar 18, 2019 5 min The CIEE Diaries: Teach Abroad - Two Week Immersion Orientation Photos: El Buen Retiro Park, Grupo Ocho (the best), Flamenco show at Cardamomo, and my Spartan buddies that I met through CIEE When I...
Oct 17, 2018 2 min The CIEE Diaries: Two Weeks as a Language Assistant When I quit teaching fourth grade in 2015, I was fairly certain I would never go back. Yet here I am, teaching in Spain, remembering why...
Sep 10, 2018 3 min 16 Observations After Spending a Month in Madrid 1. When greeting a person, kiss the left cheek first. If you get this wrong, congratulations, you've just kissed someone on the lips. 2....
Aug 26, 2018 2 min The CIEE Diaries: Hasta Luego, Comfort Zone My first week away from the United States could best be summed up in the following steps: 1. Venture outside comfort zone. 2. Nearly crap...
Aug 12, 2018 2 min The CIEE Diaries: Snipping the Strings I assumed that the crippling anxiety of moving to Spain would hit me at some point along the way. With nervous laughter, I shooed away...
Jul 29, 2018 2 min The CIEE Diaries: The First Step “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” -Lao Tzu I have lived in Arkansas for thirty years of my life. Small pause...