Playa del Carmen: Day 10 Through 12
Playa del Carmen is another great beach destination alongside Cancún for tourists that want plenty of beach clubs for which to enjoy the clear skies, blue water, and soft sand.
Mérida: Day 4 Through 10
Mérida is the capital of the Yucatan Peninsula, and despite being four hours from the coast, is a popular tourist destination thanks to its convenient location a few hours from Mayan ruins Chichén Itzá and Uxmal. Walking through the streets,…
Mexico City: Day 1 Through 4
The sheer scale of people in Mexico City is mind-blowing. They spill onto the streets so that the city during Christmastime is just one big festival, and at night vendors set up shop on street corners and sell light-up crowns…
Touring Temples: Mexico’s Indigenous History and the People Whose Feet Now Trod it
We get up at six and are slumped against windows and the bus seat in front of us by six-thirty. It’s an Oxxo breakfast: mango juice and Quaker Oat cookies for me. Not the most glamorous of Mexican mornings, but…
Sisters’ Separate Paths Both Lead to KIIS
Samantha and I both have always loved travel and understanding the world outside of our own experiences. In my freshman year of undergrad, I knew that I wanted to have an experience abroad as a Spanish major, so the KIIS…
Sisters Study on KIIS Spain I Program 11 Years Apart
During my Freshman year of college, I studied Spanish and Political Science. At the time, I felt a bit lost because I didn’t really want to work in politics. Except for my Spanish classes, I was enrolled in classes that…
Alumni Spotlight – Joel Erickson
What prompted you to select the KIIS Greece program? By Fall Semester 2007, I switched from majoring in Telecommunications to a double major in Greek and Latin out of my love of etymology and Classical languages and linguistics. My Greek…
Distinguished Composer Award
Dr. Matthew Herman teaches Music Theory and Composition at Western Kentucky University and also regularly teaches music courses on the KIIS Salzburg program. Recently he received an Honorable Mention award in the Music Teacher’s National Association Distinguished Composer Competition for…
Five Times Studying Abroad with KIIS
I live for travel and nature which is part of why I love the KIIS programs so much. I saw so many beautiful waterfalls and lakes that just made me happy to be alive. There’s so much beauty in the…
Laissez-Nous Lire (Let Us Read)
Voltaire once said, “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” If you’re a central Kentucky native like myself, when you hear the name “Shakespeare and Company” you immediately picture…