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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!

This is Athens!

After a short breakfast together, we dove right into things and set out to see the Agora. The Agora, which means “open space,” was the meeting place for the democracy of ancient Athenian ...

The Work of An Artist Is Never Over

Well, it is officially the end of our first week here in Firenze, and all I can say is, “I have had an amazing couple of days!” Like I stated in my previous blog, my visual arts class ...

Keep Discovering Aix

We continue our adventures in Aix… On Thursday afternoon, we visited a contemporary art exhibition at the Pavillon Vandôme, a baroque building with its jardin à la française. That ...

Hola from Madrid!

    Hello from ! We were out near the Puerta del Sol this evening, enjoying the crowds, shops, lights, and ice cream. It’s the last night of our full week in this amazing capital ...

Te Quiero, España

We’ve had some fantastic day trips and seen so many incredible sights that there’s no way I can be tired. On Wednesday, we went to Las Ventanas where the bull fights are held in Madrid. Our ...

Días de Madrid

  On Wednesday, we went and toured the largest bull ring in Spain. After we tried different tapas in an outdoor restaurant in the center of Madrid. On Thursday we visited the beautiful city of ...

Red bricks and much more...

These past few days have been a blur; we have seen and done so many things in such a short span of time that I sometimes find it difficult to remember everything we did. We went to Tufts ...

College Visits, College Visits, and More College Visits!

We’ve been touring so many colleges, and thus walking so much that I actually feel that my legs are getting toned. I guess I’m not missing my workout then! On Wednesday, we toured ...

by Student, Alexis R. , Tennessee

Activities in Cadiz

This week in Cadiz has been amazing! We got to visit the beautiful Catedral de Cadiz, spend the night in las tiendas de la playa Victoria, and visit the museum. It was really interesting to see ...

Exploring the City

More than a week has passed since our arrival in Cádiz! It’s amazing how fast time is flying by. I think we’ve all settled into our daily schedule, and classes are going well for everyone. My ...

Γεια σας Athens!

Greece at last! After a long voyage across the pond, our 17 excited students finally touched down in Athens and officially began their European adventure! The sun was shining across the Acropolis, ...

Elephants and Art Heists: College Prep Session 2!

It’s been a busy couple of days! The first days are behind us, and students are really in the thick of things now. Yesterday we had our second college visit, to Tufts University, and tonight we ...