With the Monsignor in Vatican City

I feel like I have spent an awful lot of time around the Vatican recently. There was Easter and there was the beatification two weeks...

6 Reasons Why Travel is the Best Education

It’s often said that "traveling is the best education." I would thoroughly agree with this statement and if you’re reading this because you’ve organized trips...

8 Instagrams That’ll Make You Wish You Were in Japan Right Now

One of the many highlights of Instagram—besides capturing your daily life in a colorful stream of photos—is traveling the world through the lens of a...

30 Movies to Inspire Your Educational Travels

You may have seen our recent blog post about books that have inspired the team at ACIS to travel. We also asked a similar question about...

Tips for Traveling With Vegetarians on Your Educational Tour

I've been vegetarian for coming up for 18 years. I think it's fair to say most veggies are quite concerned about what they eat: we've...

25 Books to Inspire Your Educational Travels

A book is a way of exploring the world without ever leaving home. And while we would say there's nothing better than actually traveling, reading...

A History of Fish and Chips in Great Britain

When I was a kid, I used to walk home from my swimming club and stop every Friday night at the fish and chips shop....

This Landscape Outside of Paris Inspired an Art Movement

After the winter months of hibernation, this week marks the annual re-opening of the Fondation Claude Monet – the once home and garden of the...

Europe’s Most Historical Anniversaries to Commemorate This Year

As highlighted recently in my previous blog post, there are many ‘big ticket’ anniversaries throughout the year, each with the capacity to add additional context...

Visit the Museo Ferrari on your School Trip to Italy

Visit the Museo Ferrari on your School Trip to Italy It is one of the Italian icons. Alongside pasta, pizza, Renaissance and tacky politicians. It...