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Welcome to the Summer Program and Teen Travel Blog !
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SYLVIA PLATH, THE BELL JAR

It is our wish to provide you, our valued readers, with engaging and interesting information about the spectacular world around us, and, hopefully, the words you find here will also inspire you to get out, to learn, to live, and above all else, to travel!

Florence Highlights

Spend your summer living in the birthplace of the Renaissance, immersed in the culture of the most famous masterpieces of art and architecture. Learn More About Our Programs In ...

Unusual Museums Worth Your While On a Visit to Prague

Unusual Museums Worth Your While On a Visit to Prague     Prague, like most major cities in Europe, has numerous public museums in both art and history that are worth seeing. The ...

by Staff, Anthea Mitchell

Still Tourists?

by Elena D. and Keara S. It’s been a relaxed few days here in Firenze. Every day we have our classes and at night we do a fun activity such as going to the leather school, decorating ceramic ...

Super Arts in Firenze

This week, the Super Arts course is lucky to be working in the studio of a local Florentine artist and colleague of Lindsay, the Super Arts instructor.  During this oil painting section of the ...

Leather, David, and David vs. Goliath

by Sara E. On Thursday, we took a tour of one of Firenze‘s most amazing leather schools. We all stood around the gilder, as he stamped in the gold patterns of his imagination, in awe. The ...

I Moved to Florence and Became an Artist

by Carrie Osborn, Staff Member Florence is a city that does not allow you to ignore art.  Regardless of whether you cross the threshold into a museum, you are constantly sounded by ...

Top 10 Artsy Things To Do in Florence

By our Resident Artist Justyna Ptak Top 10 Things to Do in Florence Florence is the capital of Renaissance. This town is considered one of the most important places in the world when it comes to ...

d'Orsay, Les Invalides, and the Arc de Triomphe

After a hearty breakfast of croissants and coffee, we traveled along the Seine’s left bank until we reached the Musée d’Orsay. Housed in a beautifully converted train station, the ...

Duomo Arigato...

Located near the Piazza Veccio, the Uffizi Gallery is Florence’s most eminent art museum. It boasts an impressive collection of works by Michaelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, and Leonardo Da ...

Last Day in Firenze

Today is definitely a bittersweet one. All of us are completely fulfilled with what we’ve gained from the city of Florence, but at the same time, we don’t want to leave. We spent the ...

Savoring the Last Few Days of Nice

These past few days have been a little bittersweet, as the thought of leaving this beautiful city hangs over our heads. But nonetheless, we have been able to enjoy every minute of these precious ...

Buon Giorno Firenze!

Everyone knows what the David looks like from its countless depictions in books, drawings, and movies, but witnessing it in person is an entirely different experience. It is arguably the most ...