5 stars, 5 diamonds, 5 interviewees

During my visit to Colorado Springs, I stayed at the Broadmoor Hotel, a 5-star/5-diamond hotel... wow!, so many stars and diamonds!, it sounds so awesome, right? but, what does that mean?? to be honest, I had no idea... until I visited this website. But, basically, it means that this hotel rocks! (it should be a 5-rock hotel :P). What it actually means is that the Broadmoor is one of the best hotels in the United States, not only for its amenities, but also for the quality service of its staff. So, what better place to do a hospitality internship than this monumental hotel. 'Though... it must be complicated to get a job in a place like this!' Well, I asked this to my roommate in Argentina, who happens to have worked at this hotel (what are the chances!?), but he wasn't doing an internship. So, I interviewed the interns that are currently part of the staff and this is what they told us about their experience.
 
  

All the photos of my visit to the Broadmoor are HERE!, just one click away!

Or, below this sentence, you can find a small selection:

If you want to see more pictures but you don't want to scroll your way up to the link, HERE it is again! ;)

The League of Justice

 

...that was the first thing that came to my mind when they told me I would be visiting The Alliance in Washington DC. But, what is the Alliance?

 

The Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange is an association of 76 nongovernmental organizations comprising the international educational and cultural exchange community in the United States.
The Alliance serves as the only collective public policy voice of the exchange community and their mission is to formulate and promote public policies that support the growth and well being of international exchange links between the people of the United States and other nations. 

   

Pretty cool, right? So, as you can see, they are in a way, like the League of Justice, but with no super powers (or so I think...). I wasn't that wrong, after all. ;)

I visited their office on Friday and I met with Lisa, an intern from Germany that has been working at the Alliance for almost a year.

   

She shared with me her experience of doing an internship in the U.S. Capital city, one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to.

   

 

   

Lisa also showed me some of the most interesting government buildings that she and her coworkers usually visit, as part of their jobs. 

And by the end of my visit we all went out for lunch! 

  

 

 

  

Yeap, this is definitely a great place for Superman and Wonder Woman to do an internship. ;)

 

By clicking HERE you will find more pictures of my visit to the Alliance!

 

 

Behind the scenes

Some of the guys we visited showed us where they work, and took us to a couple of the most interesting places in New York, places people would usually not have access to.

Evelyn, an intern from Holland, took us to the Opera House and showed us around, and we discovered the depths of the NYC Public Library with Annie, a cheerful Swiss girl. Both places were gorgeous! It was great to see these majestic buildings from a different angle.

But, as the "film and television" student that I am, I must say that walking down the corridors of the NBC network, at 30 Rock, was the greatest experience I could have here! :) I think I should have asked if there was any internship I could apply for! ;)

CIEE at NYC

CIEE organized an event where all the students that are currently working as interns in New York city could meet to share a pleasant evening. It was nice to see them all together, creating an amazind mix of professions, languages and nationalities. They shared with us a little bit about their experiences in this city, and this is what they said

 

New New York

I have been to New York a few times before, but this time it felt totally different because I was not visiting it as a tourist. I had some appointments and work to do. In a way, it felt like I was living in the city. I walked by the Chrysler building a couple of times and it didn't catch my eye, do you know what I mean? It was nice to be busy doing photos, videos and interviews in this environment.

During my stay, I met with some interns that are in fact living and working in New York. They are doing an internship for a year, working on what they have studied and living the city!, isn't that cool? After all, I may also say that my experience in New York felt like a 5 day internship ;)
 

This is just a glimpse of the uncountable things I got to see during my walks around this city.

At the island

 

Last day in Maine. 7am, we went to visit some Interns and some Work & Travel sutdents that are working at the Chebeague island inn. The owner of the inn, Casey, showed us around, it was a good way for us to get to know the island. We did some CIEE style interviews and we took some funny pictures with the filipinos interns :)

 

 You can find more pictures about the island HERE! [Interviews are soon to come!]

Today

Today Shay and Alex began their adventure outside the U.S.! :D

Today the CIEE staff named their building after their former President and CEO, Stevan Trooboff. It was a big surprise for him! You could see the enjoyment in everybody's faces.

Today CIEE celebrated Stevan's 16+ years of leadership of CIEE in a beautiful island near Portland! Luckily, the sun and the good weather decided to join us.

And today was the first time I got to try lobster! :P

It was a great day Today :)