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Welcome to the Summer Program and Teen Travel Blog !
Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.
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!

Atmosphere

At this point, we have less than a week here in Aix-en-Provence and just one final blog post after this one. Therefore, many others and I are scrambling to finish some things. Maybe work on our ...

by Student, Riley H.

The Next Time Around

by Riley H. Well, it’s our one-week anniversary with each other here in France. Through the ups and downs of any new experience, we have found ourselves mostly settled and familiar with the town ...

Notes from Aix

For our last cooking group in Aix, we gave the students a special recipe for the Iron Chef competition. Team by team, they worked out rapidity, aesthetics, and flavors and cooked for a jury. It ...

Iron Chef, Cezanne, and Talent

Bonjour tout le monde from Aix-en-Provence! It’s hard to believe that our trip is finally coming to an end… Aix feels like home for all of us now. It will be strange having to shift ...

A Day of History

Wednesday was a day of history… We went to a former Deportation Camp that was active during World War II. It was amazing to learn how the people held inside the camp entertained themselves. ...

The Wonders of Avignon

Avignon, nougat ice-cream, Le Palais des Papes, watching acrobats performing in the street, Le Pont d’Avignon, mousse de chocolat, the scent of lavender, all seasoned with music coming from ...

Another Picturesque Weekend in Provence

We spent another fabulous weekend in the south of France! Saturday we went to Marseille and visited the soap factory of the famous and original Savon de Marseille. We walked through a very cute ...

Lingering Scents of Lavender

Thursday afternoon, after class, we went to an exhibition featuring works by artists such as Cezanne, who lived and painted in Aix, Picasso, Matisse, and many more. After some free time, the staff ...

Art, Culture, and Our Return to Marseille

Saturday- only halfway through another weekend, and there is already so much to talk about. Over the past few days, we have done a number of activities, such as visiting the Granet Museum and ...

Finishing Off the Week in Marseille

On Thursday, we started our day with class and followed that by being given our choice of going to the pool or a museum as our afternoon activity. I chose to go to the pool with some friends, ...

Music and Freedom

The best things in life always happen on a summer night. I don’t know about you, but for me it has always been like that, especially now; almost every night here in Aix-en-Provence is ...

Half Way Through Aix!

Coucou! As we officially pass the halfway mark of our trip in Aix-en-Provence, it is amazing how well we have already acquainted ourselves with the French culture and language. As I sit in a book ...