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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!

Beaulieu-sur-mer and St-Laurent

Train stations, beaches, and lots of fun activity filled our day yesterday, July 7th. We started off in the classroom for the first time and surprisingly it was air-conditioned, which was pretty ...

by Student, Eliza S. , North Carolina

Nous sommes arrives a Nice!

Today, my “real” family dropped me off at the Nice airport after a wonderful week of vacationing throughout Paris and the south of France. It was sunny and absolutely beautiful outside, no ...

by Student, Eliza S. , North Carolina

Last Blog: St. Laurent-du-Var

by Kathryn K. It’s hard to believe that tomorrow I’ll be on a plane flying home. It feels like I have both known these people forever and yet it was just yesterday that we first met ...

by Student, Kathryn K.

St. Laurent-du-Var Reflection

Looking at all of the different programs to learn French and spend the summer with was the easy part, but choosing one was the hard part. I chose Abbey Road summer study abroad because of the ...

by Student, Grant T.

The Homestay Experience In France

One of the biggest reasons that I chose to come to the St. Laurent program was because of the homestay. This means that you can live with a host family during your whole stay during the program. I ...

by Student, Grant T.

St. Tropez

by Grant T. For the past few days, we have been on many trips to Nice and also to St. Tropez. For the whole day on Sunday, we got to tour and discover all of St. Tropez. It is a city with a lot of ...

Life in St. Laurent

by Lana Epstein It’s been almost three weeks since the beginning of the program. With only one week to go, I feel that my knowledge of the French language and culture has significantly ...

Snorkeling and French Cooking

by Clare B. On Tuesday this week we took an afternoon trip to Ville Franche and went snorkeling along the coast. The weather was beautiful and the water was so clear that we got to see lots of ...

Beach Days in St. Laurent

by Grant T. So far in the first two weeks we have had probably at least eight trips to a beach. We’ve travelled to beaches in Antibes, Cannes, Cagnes-sur-mer, the beach here in St. Laurent, ...

Tout bouge à St. Laurent! Excursions, activities, and jellyfish!

One of our favorite places to spend the evening hanging out together is, without a doubt, the beach! We have been lucky to see multiple sunsets and moon rises. However, the rest of the Côte ...

Packed Week in St. Laurent

by Kathryn K. This past week has been jam packed with adventures. We have started our French classes as well as our electives, and have gotten settled into our new homes. With morning courses and ...

Cannes, Monaco, and World Cup Fireworks

by Clare B. This past weekend was fully booked with fun activities and day trips! On Saturday we went to Cannes, and we had the whole afternoon free, so we spent a lot of time lounging on the ...