There are lots of lifestyle benefits to being home from ESL study abroad.  One benefit that may not come to mind immediately is that you can now have a pet.  Owning and caring for a pet has a [...]

Deciding what to do and where to go while you are a student in the USA will depend on how much time you can take out from your studies and the budget you have set aside for travel and [...]

Being an ESL student in the US exposed you to new foods and new flavors.  You even found some surprising tastes that you’ll miss, but nothing compares to your country’s home cooking. Food, [...]

Maybe you’ve seen the American TV show “Cheers”, and are familiar with how one of the characters entrances to the bar are met with everyone shouting his nickname—“Norm!”  Maybe you have a place [...]

A degree of community involvement when you are a newcomer to a place is a perfect way to familiarize yourself with your new home, to get to know local residents and to feel you’re a local.  When [...]

Sharing laughs with friends back home after English language study abroad is a great way to reconnect.  You know what tickles your friend’s funny bone, and you’ve got loads of new material from [...]

Hallelujah!  You won’t have to hear, “What?” anytime soon.  You’re home in your own country after ESL study abroad in the US, and it’s amazing to talk with friends, and have just the right word [...]

When you know where you will be living in your study abroad city, it makes sense to have a neighborhood map and to download some cool neighborhood apps in order to get a general sense of the [...]

Travel abroad is exciting—new sights, new foods, new languages… ESL study abroad was all this and more.  Cue the fireworks! But, excitement can wear thin after awhile.  Sometimes it’s nice just [...]

Old friends are the best; they’ve grown up with you, and are part of so many of your coming of age stories.  What they weren’t part of was your study abroad experience, and that may make them [...]