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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!

Only a Few Days Left of College Prep, But We're Still Having Fun!

Hello! Everything is going great! I have made good friends, and we are all very close and share a lot. Even though we’re working hard, we have lots of good times. On Saturday, I stayed in, ...

A Weekend of Fun in Boston

Students enjoyed a busy weekend of academics and fun in Boston. Saturday, they toured some of Boston’s famous historic sites on the Freedom Trail, including the Boston Common, the Granary ...

Half-Way Mark: A Photo Journal of College Prep Session 2!

It’s hard for me to believe that we’re already one full week into session 2! We’ve been working and playing hard, and taking full advantage of the great activities and schools ...

Red bricks and much more...

These past few days have been a blur; we have seen and done so many things in such a short span of time that I sometimes find it difficult to remember everything we did. We went to Tufts ...

College Visits, College Visits, and More College Visits!

We’ve been touring so many colleges, and thus walking so much that I actually feel that my legs are getting toned. I guess I’m not missing my workout then! On Wednesday, we toured ...

by Student, Alexis R. , Tennessee

Elephants and Art Heists: College Prep Session 2!

It’s been a busy couple of days! The first days are behind us, and students are really in the thick of things now. Yesterday we had our second college visit, to Tufts University, and tonight we ...

Shakespeare on the Common and Boston College

Students in Abbey Road’s second session of College Prep began their first week of classes yesterday. After an active day of study in their S.A.T. and college-preparation classes, students ...

Off to a Great Start

The Session 2 of Abbey Road‘s College Prep program has been going on for three days now, and I am extremely happy with my decision to come to Boston and take part in the courses. I arrived ...

Bring on College Preparation Session 2

The second session of College Preparation started yesterday, and we got to meet everybody during orientation on Sunday (except for those who were getting in late). We all went out to dinner to get ...

by Student, Alexis R. , Tennessee

College Prep, Session 2: Here we go!

The students have finally arrived and are safely settled in to their dorms here in Boston! Monday morning will be their first SAT practice exam, and it promises to be a long, but good first day ...

The Fourth of July and Saying Goodbye

Hello! As you all know, Thursday (July 4th) was America’s birthday! That night, we went to the Cambridge side of the Charles River to see the Boston Pops play, and there were so many people! ...

The Too-Huge World, the Next Crazy Venture, and Sad Good-byes to College Prep Session One!

Two weeks, twenty class sessions, four essays, four practice exams, and five college visits later, Session One of College Prep has wrapped. The time flew by, and it will be a shame to say good ...