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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!

Spanish classes in Barcelona with Abbey Road

Spanish classes in Barcelona with Abbey Road Learn in a fun, interactive way, outside of the classroom (hence our Experiential Learning Method). Meet young people from Barcelona and make new ...

Great Literature to Encourage the New Language Learner

Great Literature to Encourage the New Language Learner Learning a new language is an incredible challenge, both academically and emotionally. The latter aspect isn’t always given enough thrift, ...

by Staff, Anthea Mitchell

5 Things in Your Room Right Now That Could Help You Learn a Language

If you have dreams of studying abroad with a program like Abbey Road, you’re going to want to at least have a basic grip on the language of the country you’ll be staying in. You don’t have ...

by Staff, Jessica A. Scott

5 Productive (but fun!) Summer Activities

5 Productive (but fun!) Summer Activities Although sitting on your couch and watching everything Netflix has to offer sounds ideal at first, it can get boring very fast (trust me). On top of that, ...

by Staff, Jolie Blair , Sun Valley, Idaho

Jumping Back Into the Real World After Studying Abroad

Jumping Back Into the Real World You’ve just had the most incredible experience studying abroad with Abbey Road Programs. You’ve said your goodbyes to your new friends, host family, ...

by Staff, Andrea Abbate

5 Tips and Tricks to Being A Respectful American While Abroad

  5 Tips and Tricks to Being A Respectful American While Abroad   Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KW6RO8Rcs 1. Respect the Culture Going abroad is an amazing experience that ...

A Fantastic Start to A More Fantastic First Week in Nice, France

A Fantastic Start to A More Fantastic First Week in Nice, France   July 18 I was running frantically through the German airport thinking I was in the wrong terminal when suddenly I remembered ...

by Student, Juliana G. , Nice

Spanish and French Pre-Summer Tutoring

Abbey Road is excited to announce that in order to help our high school students make the best of their study abroad experience and improve their French and Spanish Language fluency, we will ...

Spanish Lifestyle and Culture

Over the past couple of days, our group has been delving even deeper into Spanish Lifestyle & Culture.  In class, we spent an entire day learning about the Spanish education system.  We ...

by Student, Brendan O. , Cadiz, Spain

Moorish Mosques, Tapas, and Aqualand

Thursday we started the day off with a short class and then took the bus to Jerez de la Frontera. In Jerez, we explored the last of the city’s eight mosques with its evidence of both Moor ...

by Student, Rachel P. , Cadiz, Spain

Café y Conversación

Today was my first day of classes in Cádiz. During class, we discussed an article about la golpe military de Argentina and then went out to talk to the locals about the culture of Cádiz. The ...

by Student, Rachel P. , Cadiz, Spain

Final Days in Cádiz

It’s almost impossible to believe that my last day in Cádiz has come so quickly. Two weeks really flew by, and I wish so badly that I could stay here for longer. It feels like so long ago ...

by Student, Madelyn E. , Cadiz, Spain