Posts Categorized: Guest Bloggers

Studying French in Quebec City: House & School

By Christina H., Guest Video Blogger studying French in Quebec City, Canada Watch a video blog from our latest guest blogger, Christina H., who is studying French in Quebec City, Canada. In this video, Christina takes us on a tour of her homestay and school. See French in Quebec City.

My Trip to Jordan: Guest Blogger

I recently traveled to Jordan to check out this tiny country and its tourist attractions for my company. Great job, right?

Mikel’s Story: Volunteering Abroad with AmeriSpan

Read this personal account from one of our volunteer participants, Mikel B., who is currently volunteering in Bolivia.  My name is Mikel and I am a 21 year old girl who has been doing volunteer work for the past year through Amerispan and I am continuing on my second year with them. One of the… Read more »

Study Abroad Spain: A Week in Sevilla

By Kris B., Guest Blogger from Sevilla, Granada and Barcelona, Spain The first week in Sevilla flew by in a flash and with a distinct rhythm. I would get up, have breakfast at home and then walk to school around 9:15am (though I still haven’t quite adjusted to the late day break after 8am in Southern Spain… Read more »

Study Abroad Spain: First Day at School in Sevilla

By Kris B., Guest Blogger from Sevilla, Granada and Barcelona, Spain It was a cold, gloomy and wet Monday in Sevilla and hardly the weather I was expecting for my first day in language school. Luckily the school was barely a five-minute walk from my apartment and I did not have wander about too long through the… Read more »

Study Abroad Spain: Homestay in Sevilla

By Kris B., Guest Blogger from Sevilla, Granada and Barcelona, Spain As I headed for Sevilla, where I was planning to stay for three weeks, I was a little nervous. Initially I had chosen an apartment stay, but had changed to a homestay as an afterthought, as I thought that it would provide me a chance to… Read more »

Study Abroad Spain: An International New Year’s Eve

By Kris B., Guest Blogger from Sevilla, Granada and Barcelona, Spain I have traveled to Spain before on business, but this time it was different. I was unemployed and on a budget, but the flip side was that I was the master of my own schedule and had the luxury of time. I decided to fly into… Read more »

Spain on My Mind

by Wanda Mann, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Black Dress Traveler  As a little girl growing up in New York City I would pretend that I could speak Spanish and spent countless hours prancing around the house like a flamenco dancer. Surely, my Southern born parents must have found my fixation on a language that… Read more »

Homestay & Spanish Classes, Samara Costa Rica

By Joey F., Guest Video Blogger: Heredia & Samara Beach, Costa Rica Watch a video of our guest blogger, Joey F., at his new homestay in Samara Beach, Costa Rica, go with him on his bike ride to school, and see AmeriSpan’s Spanish school in Samara Beach, Costa Rica. Click for more information about studying abroad… Read more »

Study Abroad Spain: The Urge for a Foreign Language

By Kris B., Guest Blogger from Sevilla, Granada and Barcelona, Spain I have always been fascinated by the idea traveling and have spent the initial part of my life dreaming about it and then the latter part of it actually having it come true. It’s an addiction and no matter how much I travel, it never seems… Read more »