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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!

The capital of Italian fashion is... Florence?

by Carrie Osborn, Abbey Road staff I know, I know.  You hear “Italian fashion” and think “Milan,” right?  You wouldn’t be wrong – the international northern ...

Wanderlust

by Marissa Muller, AR student reporter   Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world. This can be sparked by any number of things. It could be from ...

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 ...

A Visit to Tarragona

On Saturday we went to Tarragona, a city located in the south of Catalonia. We had a chance to walk through ancient ruins of the Roman Empire. The 2nd century amphitheater, near the sea-shore, ...

One More Week in Barcelona!

Headed into my last week of Barcelona! It makes me sad to think my trip is coming to an end, but we still have lots of exciting events ahead of us! Here are some exciting things we did this ...

El Fin de Semana

On Thursday, after classes and electives, we got to visit a famous chocolate museum in Barcelona, where we saw some amazing things made out of chocolate. I saw La Sagrada Familia and a classic ...

Montserrat

Today we went to Monserrat, a many-peaked mountain near Barcelona. We visited a monastery there dedicated to La Moreneta– the Black Madonna. This Romanesque sculpture in wood from the ...

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 ...

Ciao, Firenze!

Our last week in Firenze has been a relaxing one, but it has also come around and left much too quickly! I have settled right into the Florentine lifestyle to the point that I feel right at home. ...

Graffiti Art

To close off an amazing experience of art in Florence, both my art classes were given the opportunity to let loose and use our creative sides to make graffiti art. We were taken to a magnificent ...

The Palazzo Pitti

As our time in Florence is drawing to a close, I have been trying to squeeze as much in as possible. On Tuesday, I chose to go to the Palazzo Pitti, where we were amazed by the theatrical costume ...

Our Last Week In Florence

Unfortunately, my time in Florence is running out… Today was my last day of fashion class, and I can’t believe that class is over and how much I learned in such a short amount of time! I ...