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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!

Classes + Iron Chef

Three nights a week on Abbey Road’s Florence program, students and staff split up into their cooking groups and cook dinner with each other. Whether it’s Italian salads or traditional ...

The David

Pictures don’t do the David justice. Getting to witness the David both today for art history and this Wednesday for super arts has convinced me that it is one of the few artistic ...

Tea, Torre Poniente, and the Hotel Atlántico

It’s the end of another week for our students in Cadiz, Spain and they are still having a blast during their academic classes and evening activities, as they explore the town and nearby ...

Fun in the Sun and an Unexpected Case of the Flu…

After an exciting weekend in Cannes and Beaulieu Sur Mer, we resumed class Monday morning. We learned mostly about clothing vocabulary and went shopping as part of our class in order to put our ...

My Time in Athens

Temple of Hephaestus The pebble beach we got to visit on the coast of Greece -Carmen   interested in guest blogging? Visit ...

Salve Roma!

This morning we said “Yassas!” to Greece and “Salve!” to Italy as we boarded the plane and set off for Rome. Known as both the “Eternal City” and the “City of Fountains,” Rome has ...

A Work of Art: Second Half of Athens

Well that’s a wrap! Being in Greece has been an incredible experience, and we all had a blast! Everything from the ancient ruins scattered around the city of Athens to Greece’s picturesque ...

Wonderful Barcelona

We’ve been busy with so many wonderful activities, sights, and experiences in Barcelona that will never fit into one blog. I’ll do my best to hit on a few of my favorites. On Tuesday, ...

Dias en Barcelona

The past few days have been full of trips around Barcelona. On Wednesday, we went to a market in the center of Barcelona during Spanish class. The market was so busy and full of interesting and ...

Time Flies When You're Having Fun in Boston!

It’s almost the end of the two week long college prep course, but it feels as though we just got started. We have taken four SAT practice tests throughout the course, and each time I see how ...

Cooking Dinner in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Today we went to the restaurant “La Frégate” in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, where the students from Saint-Laurent cooked their own dinner! The menu: Quiche lorraine et Tarte ...

Parting with Boston is Such Sweet Sorrow!

This session has passed by so fast! Both sessions did, actually. I can’t believe that I’ve been in Boston for about a month… We’ve done so much, yet so little in comparison ...