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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!

España

Friday, we visited the city of Gerona. We walked around the old city walls, and the view was so pretty. I took lots of photos with my best friend, Avery, and our director, Jeremy. After visiting ...

Trip to a Museum in Cadiz

Going to this museum in Cadiz was really interesting because we got to learn more about the history of the city. This 3D map of the city was an interactive way for us to see the whole city and ...

Last Few Days in Cádiz

  After nearly three weeks in Spain, our adventure in Cádiz is coming to a close. On Friday, we had our last day of classes. My classmates and I all had to give five-minute speeches on a ...

Notes from Barcelona

We have been here in Barcelona for a full week now and everyone is feeling more settled in. We are staying at a student residence close to the Arc de Triumph, which signals the beginning of the ...

Cote D'Azur

Time is flying by too quickly here in Nice. Everyone knows their way around town now and we are getting comfortable using our French around the neighborhood. The weather has been beautiful and we ...

The Eternal City

The Galleria Borghese is a gorgeous villa set in Rome’s most beautiful park. It houses arguably the most impressive collection of Bernini and Caravaggio in all of Italy. Bernini’s Apollo and ...

Cherishing Every Moment

The past few days were full of fun and excitement found in Cannes, Gorge du Verdon, and St-Laurent. The weather has been beautiful, and I cannot believe the first three weeks have already gone by. ...

Isola

Today’s destination definitely wins the award for “Most Beautiful Place I’ve Ever Been To.” Today, we explored the beautiful mountainous region, Isola. The perfect mixture ...

"What We Do in Life Echoes Through Eternity"

After breakfast we made our way to the Capitoline Museums, a group of art and archaeological museums situated on the Capitoline hill, between the Forum and Campus Martius. The museums origins can ...

Au Revoir to English!

This past week marked the halfway point of my séjour in France, and while we have been doing something interesting and unique everyday, I can only think of one thing to share: the contract. This ...

Karaoke and Kayaking

We’ve had an interesting couple of days here in St-Laurent-du-Var. Yesterday we went to a karaoke bar quite near to the beach and had a golden opportunity to wow the French locals with our ...

Gorges du Verdon

This morning, we got on a bus with the students from St-Laurent-du-Var  and went to Gorges du Verdon, a lake and gorge about two and a half hours away from Nice. One of our teachers, Pauline, had ...