The IEEC Blog

Living in SF is costly, especially for us students. This is why I am always looking for those events that are either really cheap or preferrably don't cost anything at all. A couple weeks back the Academy of Sciences held one of their four annual...

Always wondered if what we saw in movies TV Shows were real? Definitely yes! A classroom is exactly like what it is represented on TV. The room is actually big enough to fit maximum 40 tables : yes, it is the cliché of the single table...

Still looking for the perfect place to run on a Sunday morning under the shining sun of the Bay? Good news for you, I have found this place. The long and flat road that follows Ocean Beach seems perfect for runners like me. Enjoy a...

Today, I went my friends to Treasure Island: I was really excited to see what it was going to look like. I was actually surprised to find out that it was an artificial island: it must have been a chalenge to build. To go in the island,...

It’s not that difficult for a french to live in San Francisco. San Francisco is very french-loving. If you walk in hayes street close to Van Ness station, you’ll find a dozen of « café » and « brasseries » with french names and french foods. Of course, we...

I'm the kind of person who likes travelling and discovering new places and landscapes : coming here for a semester was the perfect occasion to see different things. I really like wandering around, seeing mountains, being at the top of a hill to overlook the...

It was back in winter vacation. The Japanese Student Association stayed at a cabin near Lake Tahoe for three days. On the way getting there, avalanche hit the freeway we were on and delayed our arrival to the cabin. Apart from that, everything went well! Since...

Today, I wanted to write about the way classes are here in the US. In France, we often say that « these americans they do everything the wrong way, or they always do everything backwards. Here is an example: we don’t have at all the same...

Having returned from a break where I was able to eat lots and muster up enough energy to hit my final semester running, I am back in SF. With so much I still want to do and a ticking clock on my time here I...