When I stepped off the train in Germany and met my host family for the first time, my German vocabulary was limited to the...
Every exchange student knows the feeling of anticipation while waiting for a host family, and the excitement and nervousness of...
Tags: Host Families, Exchange Student, Study Abroad,
ICES is very proud to introduce our February Student of the Month, Matilde Eleonori from Piacenza, Italy. “Mati” lives with the...
It seems cruel to limit a foreign teenager's contact with family and friends back home. Why on earth would anyone suggest such a...
Tags: Culture Shock, Youth Exchange, cultural understanding,
Cassandra Ross and her husband were expecting to host Kim, a lovely exchange student from Germany when… the unexpected happened....
Tags: Host Families, Cultural Exchange, Youth Exchange,
Cooking. Cleaning. Driving. Advising. Comforting. Cheering. Protecting. Host moms do a lot! We have the deepest admiration and...
Tags: Cultural Exchange, Youth Exchange, Host mom,
Ivona Vanekova has been selected as the ICES Student of the Month for April. Ivona is from Prievidza, Slovakia and is living with...
Tags: Exchange Student, Student of the Month, Youth Exchange
Sometimes love is found in the most unexpected places. We at ICES hear about students' and host families’ wonderful,...
The 18-year old me spent the summer listening to Spanish lessons on vinyl records, obsessively checking the mailbox for news of...
If you’re the mom of seven kids and your husband travels for work, what do you do? Host an exchange student, of course! While...
When my oldest daughter was just two months old, my Spanish husband and I liquidated our life in Seattle and moved to Spain with...
