For the first two and a half weeks of the program, students will have the opportunity to stay and live with a Dutch family. This will serve the purpose of allowing students to rapidly become familiar with Dutch culture and people. Following this homestay period, the program participants will be moved to rooms in dormitories to live among the Dutch and other international students. The Central College Abroad program staff have arranged field trips and excursions to locations both in and outside of the Netherlands. The field trip experience is an integral part of becoming familiar with and understanding each country.
Students take a trip to Amsterdam, the capital city and the largest in the Netherlands.
Another excursion to the metropolitan city of the Hague is planned. Trips that students take outside of the country include Belgium as well as the Frisian Islands.