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If Only I Would Have Known… Faux Pas in Italy

With the semester in full swing, you should have noticed at least a few distinct cultural differences between your host country and home country by now! This week’s post features several observations made by Lily Sokolowski during her semester in Italy. What kind of differences are you experiencing? What are you learning about the values [...]

Using Stereotypes as a Learning Opportunity

We here at Aspire by API encourage our students not to over pack for their time abroad. But there’s some baggage you won’t be able to help bringing along with you. Cultural baggage, that is.

How NOT to be a tourist

At some point while overseas, you’ll probably have to deal with someone assuming [...]