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Parents’ Hopes and Dreams

In this series, entitled Sending Alex Abroad, Aspire by API’s very own Jill Denton writes about preparing for this summer’s Salamanca program from her unique perspective as a mom.

Today I want to explain why, as high school parents, we decided to send Alex abroad for four weeks with a chaperoned teen group the [...]

Sending Alex Abroad: Introduction

Here’s the first in a series of posts entitled “Sending Alex Abroad”. Aspire by API’s very own Jill Denton writes about preparing for this summer’s Salamanca program from her unique perspective as a mom.

Hi, I’m a mom with a 15-year-old daughter (Alex), and I have the incredible privilege of sending Alex abroad to [...]

La Vida Salmantina

Are you ready to take on Spain this summer? Here’s the first entry in our “Postcards from Salamanca” series, designed to get you ready for an amazing experience. This post was written by Tom Durigan, and describes his impressions on daily life in Salamanca.

Tom and friends in front of the Catedral Nueva de [...]

Meet me at the Plaza Mayor!

The Plaza Mayor, illuminated at night. Picture by Nick Welch

Without a doubt, one of the most iconic features of Salamanca is its Plaza Mayor, or main square. Built between 1729 and 1755 in the Baroque style, it was originally used as a center for bullfights. There are no more bullfights there today (those [...]

There’s Still Time! Summer Program Deadlines have been Extended

Aspire by API has recently announced a deadline extension on its summer programs in France, Ireland, Italy, and Spain!

Haven't had a chance to apply yet? That's OK!

 

That means you still have a chance to spend the summer exploring the streets of Paris, discovering the medieval cathedrals of Florence, or exploring the [...]

Studying Abroad with Social Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharing your experience is an important part of studying abroad. Every day you spend away from home, you will be exposed to new and exciting places, cultures, people and more. As you begin to collect stories, which capture all you have seen and felt, it is natural to [...]

Aspire by API receives a Recommended Program Badge from GoOverseas.com!

Aspire by API has recently been awarded a “recommended program” badge as a result of positive student feedback on GoOverseas.com! Take a look at the website and see what our former students had to say about their time abroad with us.

 

For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here’s a new [...]

Overheard on the Streets of Cork

Students jumping for joy at the University College Cork (UCC) campus

 

You may think that students who study in Cork don’t have to deal with a language barrier, but you would be mistaken. The Irish do speak English, of course, but they have their own phrases and sayings that make their dialect unique. [...]

Good-bye has a way of sneaking up on you.

16 julio 2011 • 6:28 en la mañana

To my left, the sun rises. To my right, the full moon says hasta luego. Right down the middle is España.

Where does time go? In five hours, some students will be on there way back to the old routine. Will it become a new routine? Will [...]

If you’re in Madrid, you’re from Madrid.

30 junio 2011 – 3 julio 2011

Arrivals.

Flights from all over the U.S. converge upon Madrid’s Barajas Airport.

Aspire Countdown

No one really knows what time it is anymore. It doesn’t matter. We all made it to Madrid and now it’s time to explore, discover and begin adjusting to the Spanish way of [...]