Pappardelle with Porcini and Pistachios – Recipe of the Week

This week's recipe takes us back to Italy, a country known for its pasta! This week's recipe features Pappardelle, a broad, flat noodle whose name...

Barcelona 2016 – Global Conference Review

This guest post was contributed by Jessie DeLuca, from Commack, New York. Jessie is a Spanish teacher who's leading her first trip with ACIS this...

See You in San Diego! ACIS at ACTFL

If you're a language teacher and heading to the ACTFL Conference in San Diego later this month, then you're probably getting as excited as we...

How Educational Travel Helps Students Motivate Themselves to Learn

Learning is an active process. Any teacher will surely tell you that students who have a thirst for knowledge have the best chance of succeeding...

Student Traveler Spotlight: Anne Becker

This guest post was contributed by Anne Becker, a Senior at Mechanicsburg High School in Mechanicsburg, PA. Anne traveled to Italy and Greece in the...

Your ACIS Travel Toolkit: How to Make Planning a Student Trip a Breeze

Does the prospect of planning an educational tour can seem overwhelming to you? We get it—you're a busy teacher, not a sales person or a travel...

How Educational Travel Can Help Your Teaching Career

We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about the amazing benefits that educational travel can have on students. Taking young people out...

FÊTES and FEU D’ARTIFICE: Welcome to Summertime in France

June and July: great months to be travelling in France! Yes, both summer months, so if our European weather is behaving itself that should mean...

Could This Year’s Beautiful Acqua Alta in Venice Be the Last?

If you are lucky enough as a tourist to have been inundated with water in San Marco, you will have been the recipient of the...

Tour Manager Spotlight: Meet Lou Salaun

Get to know our tour managers, well-traveled and fascinating individuals who make your ACIS educational tour truly unique and unforgettable. Today we're happy to introduce...