High School Summer Abroad Blog

First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to thank the parents for sharing their sons and daughters with us for the past three weeks. We are truly blessed to have had such a wonderful engineering group, and I will miss our discussions and walks through the streets of Berlin. It has been an enjoyable experience watching the joy and excitement through the eyes of the students. I know each one of you will cherish these moments for a lifetime.

Students spent the weekend outside of Berlin and escaped to the quieter city of Görlitz! We left early Saturday morning and arrived just in time to explore the city for... keep reading

Last Thursday & Friday, our groups visited the Teufelsberg spy tower in Grunewald, in the far west of Berlin. We started the excursion with a hike through the forest to... keep reading

We love our host families! We have three guest bloggers (Malcolm, Eliana and Tyler) from our Berlin Language and Culture Session I program who are sharing about their experiences with... keep reading

This past weekend, students embarked on an epic day trip to Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg, to discover more about Germany's past. After enjoying a... keep reading

Today our students journeyed north of Berlin to visit an important yet difficult memorial: the former site of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. This site now serves as a memorial where... keep reading

As week one of Engineering and Innovation draws to a close in Berlin, it feels apt to reflect on the packed week we've had! Now that the students are adjusted... keep reading

What an exciting first week with GE students in Berlin! The classroom has been buzzing with energy as teams have created passion maps, oriented towards understanding where their hearts' goals... keep reading

Did you know that the Euro ( Europameisterschaft) 2024 is taking place in Germany from June 14 - July 14? Berlin is one of ten cities in Germany where the... keep reading

We had the incredible experience to leave Berlin and visit Potsdam, a city about an hour outside Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. The city is the former residence of... keep reading

The East Side Gallery Walking Tour was very informative about the history and the makeup of the Berlin Wall and death strip between East and West Berlin.

A Visit to the Reichstag

Global Entrepreneurship Session 1 is off to an epic start! Students arrived Sunday morning and wasted no time getting to know each another over icebreakers, card games, and a pizza... keep reading

First week in Berlin! As all of the Engineering & Innovation students arrived on Sunday to CIEE campus, we had a brief orientation in the lounge before we headed out... keep reading

We are already a few days into Session 1! The students had their first German language courses on Tuesday followed by a tour of Berlin’s city center ( Mitte). Students... keep reading