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Hello from the beautiful town of Palo Alto! After a long day of traveling, Abbey Road Programs‘ 2013 Leadership Academy at Stanford University has officially begun! The students were given ...

This morning we took the Rome Metro to San Giovanni Basilica. It is the Pope’s cathedral and has been since Constantine constructed it in the early 4th century. The church is absolutely massive ...

Staggering out of our beds early Sunday morning, we made our way onto the bus headed for the Italian coast. Three hours later, including a stop at the rest area for some spremuta (fresh squeezed ...

Sunday was a day in my life that I know I will never forget. That day, we did the Cinque Terre hike. Being afraid of heights and not even willing to climb the church towers, I was encouraged by ...

Abbey Road Session 2 in Cadiz  is coming to an end, and during the last day of school Abbey Road students took the opportunity to show AR staff what they’ve learned so far in Spain. As you ...

Ciao! After a busy week of waking up at 7:30am, we were given the pleasure of having a lie in on Saturday before piling onto the bus, excited for our excursion to the beautiful, picturesque city ...

This weekend was definitely my favorite of all the weekends we’ve had. On Saturday, we visited Siena, which was very fun. We climbed all the way to the top of the second-highest point in all ...

This Sunday was pretty eventful… The day prior, we had journeyed out to Siena for the day to just do some sightseeing and explore the city. It was fun, but you could tell that everyone was ...

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 ...

The second stop on the Western Civilization trip is Rome. Rome is full of history. It is a mixture of every time period all in one huge city. Rome has been a hub for many different civilizations ...

“Sentatus Populusque Romanus” (SPQR) is everywhere, and I mean everywhere. The literal translation is: “The Senate and People of Rome.” Although a title first introduced during the Roman ...

Two weeks down, and only two weeks to go. Time is moving too quickly. I love Barcelona and the friends I’ve made on this trip, and although we’ve done so much and seen so many ...