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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!

Bucket List

Monday morning, we were all really tired from the night before, but Sophie and Jen surprised us with a fun class at a cafe. That afternoon, we had our elective classes, and for dinner we made ...

Always Something New to Discover

Wednesday is now over, and we are moving into the second half of this week. In the days since Bastille Day, we have surely been keeping busy. Waking up and going to class on Monday morning was a ...

More Fun in Nice

We finally made it to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferat this week. We spent an afternoon enjoying the beach and doing some watersports at the Club Aquatique. Some of us paddle-boarded while others went ...

Photos from Madrid

Yes, we are in Barcelona and enjoying Las Ramblas and Gaudi. But I just received some great images from our time in Madrid taken by our digital photography instructor, Almu, who joined us for ...

Aix-en-Provence: Half Way Through!

It has been a simple, but fun week.  We started off our class on Monday with a cafe debate about marriage in France.  We learned that it is becoming less common for young people to get married; ...

Back to The Sea

The sea has always been a mystery for people; they’ve always been fascinated by the sea. Through history, the sea has been associated with depth, with gods, with impossible love, with ...

A Day Full of New Things to Learn

Yesterday, after French class, we went to visit the Calissons d’ Aix factory, where a sweet almond candy famous to Aix is manufactured. We discovered its history and the process by which it ...

Beaches and Tombs

Yesterday we took a brief break from Athens and traveled to the archaeological site of Mycenae and the coastal town of Nafplio. The citadel of Mycenae is legendary for the amazingly high walls of ...

Lucca, Pisa, and Making Plans

With a busy, enjoyable weekend passed, I’m exhausted but loving the memories! On Saturday, we went to the little, forted medieval town of Lucca, which is about an hour bus-ride from Firenze. ...

Second Week of Classes!

Now that everyone has settled in and gotten to know their way around Florence, classes have become even more exciting. We are finally starting to dive into a higher difficulty level of projects, ...

Pottery, Beaches, and the Duomo

Ciao! We woke up early Sunday morning, excited for a day at the sea shore, despite the fact that we had to rise early. We piled into the bus, and we absorbed the Italian countryside through the ...

Back to Business

When I woke on Sunday, I was already feeling much better and more lively. I decided I was able to join the group for the day’s adventures. Sunday was a great day weather-wise, and so we ...