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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!

Gorges du Verdon: Cliff Diving and Waterfalls

Today, we visited Gorges du Verdon, which is one of the most beautiful sights I’ve seen so far. The mountains are tall and picturesque, and the water is incredibly turquoise. After a three-hour ...

Karaoke and Water Sports in St.-Laurent: A Blog Post in Photos

Yesterday evening, the St.-Laurent group went out for a night of karaoke! Here are some pictures of our students taking the stage: Today the group took a trip to the gorgeous Les gorges du ...

Cultural Immersion in France

Bonjour from Aix-en-Provence! The past few days have been packed with new cultural experiences, and each day we experience or learn something new that we have never heard of before. Thursday, ...

by Student, Alexis R. , Tennessee

Lingering Scents of Lavender

Thursday afternoon, after class, we went to an exhibition featuring works by artists such as Cezanne, who lived and painted in Aix, Picasso, Matisse, and many more. After some free time, the staff ...

Art, Culture, and Our Return to Marseille

Saturday- only halfway through another weekend, and there is already so much to talk about. Over the past few days, we have done a number of activities, such as visiting the Granet Museum and ...

Finishing Off the Week in Marseille

On Thursday, we started our day with class and followed that by being given our choice of going to the pool or a museum as our afternoon activity. I chose to go to the pool with some friends, ...

Music and Freedom

The best things in life always happen on a summer night. I don’t know about you, but for me it has always been like that, especially now; almost every night here in Aix-en-Provence is ...

Less Than a Fortnight Left in Italy?

What?!! The news hit me yesterday when my friend told me we only have less than a week left in Florence. How sad is that? It’s flown by way too quickly! Monday morning started off with ...

Pompeiid Up!

On our way to Pompeii, we made a quick stop in Naples to see the Naples National Archaeological Museum, one of the oldest museums in Europe and Italy’s most important archaeological museum. The ...

Seeing the David!

A couple of days ago, my super arts class got the lucky opportunity to visit and draw the statue of David. Walking into the room is an experience that I will never forget… David was all the ...

A Cuisine Competition

Ciao! On Wednesday evening, my football team and I arrived back to the apartment sweating, exhausted, and ecstatic to be the victors of the so anticipated soccer match. After a morning of lessons, ...

Rising Temps and Spirits

On Tuesday morning, for my Italian class, we headed to the train station to board the tram to go to a market on the outskirts of town. Our assignment was to find articles of clothing and prices of ...