Is American student life very different from the student life that you had in Amsterdam? Many people from home ask me this question. I think it is important to become aware of the differences because if studying would feel exactly the same as studying in...

Hey, have you ever heard about POPOS of SF? Privately-owned public open spaces (POPOS) are publicly accessible spaces in forms of plazas, terraces, atriums, small parks, and even snippets which are provided and maintained by private developers. The only thing is that there places are neither obvious...

Howdy from Texas! My goal during the exchange semester in San Francisco is to see and visit as many places in the US as I can and now, after almost four months I can say that I have seen quit a lot. My last adventure was...

My previous two blogs were about the start of my cycling trip. The following three days, my friend Anja joined me. It was a lot more fun and a lot easier to cycle together with someone. Spending an entire day on your bicycle with nobody...

Before I started on my five day cycling adventure, I wanted to ‘upgrade’ my bike that I bought from craigslist. So I dropped by a cycling shop to get the gears, the brakes and some other stuff checked. The guy from the shop looked at...

I’m a little late with writing about my cycling adventure… I remember that on one of the days of orientation, when all international students were gathered in the great lecture halls, we were asked a specific thing that we wanted to do or accomplish for...

If you are running out of ideas how to spend your day in SF, maybe the following blog will be an inspiration to you. It was a sunny Sunday in San Francisco, when my friend picked me up early in the morning. We started our day...

Term is coming to a close and for many of us that means going home, either just for Christmas or because study abroad is coming to an end. So, to help you make the most of the city (and not take up too much time...

At San Francisco State University, I follow a course called LGBTQ Cultures and Society which introduces me to the long and impressive history of LGBTQ+ emancipation in the United States. I decided to share with you what I learned about LGBTQ+ emancipation in the US from...

As an exchange student, you want to make the most of your time here in the States. For me that means that I want to discover as many places as possible. I think I have travelled quite a bit in California: I have been to...