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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!

Off the Beaten Path: Street Food (Rome)

Off the Beaten Path: Street Food (Rome)   New York Times Best selling author, Ken Follett once said, “hard work should be rewarded with good food”! Truer words were never spoken. A year ...

by Staff, Imani Bashir

Rome and Florence

Our last full day in Rome was started with an early morning. We all rose and headed out for a long walk, and we discovered that our instructors had set up a scavenger hunt for us. Our teams roamed ...

by Student, Maya C. & Carlos C.

Buongiorno from Roma!

by Carlos C & Maya C. Buongiorno from Roma! Unfortunately this post is being written on our last day here in Rome. These last few days have been a blur, filled with ruins, museums, shopping, ...

Three Days in Rome

by Keara S. & Elena D. Even though we could never get tired of living in Florence, our teachers surprised us with a three-day trip to Rome as a vacation from our daily routines in Florence. ...

Leaving Already?!

Having just arrived in Rome on Sunday, I’m ready to settle down for a couple of weeks here. Yet, after dinner, the staff reminded us to pack up all our stuff tomorrow. I really wish I could ...

Mesmerized in Rome

Today was another exciting day; we were completely exhausted by the end but felt like we had learned a lot and widened our knowledge of Rome’s various delights. In the morning we walked to ...

Goodbye, Rome!

Unfortunately, last night was my last in Italy with this unbelievable group of people… Today we went to a beautiful museum that houses many of Bernini’s sculptures, which are utterly ...

Roman Holiday (NOT starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck)

Well as you can probably tell from the title, I have both watched the referenced movie and safely arrived in Roma Sunday afternoon. As we got off the bus and began our short trek to the hotel, ...

An American Girl in Rome

Rubbing my eyes, awakening myself from the four-hour bus ride, I glance out the window of the bus and, to my surprise, I see what look like Roman ruins! But they aren’t like Roman ...

Our First Adventure in Rome

After an early start on Sunday morning and a three-hour bus ride, we finally arrived in the mesmerizing city of Rome. We checked in, had a quick rest, and then eagerly set off to explore the ...

When in Rome

Yesterday we arrived in Rome, and I love it! Rome is the polar opposite of Florence, so it’s very cool and interesting to see the difference between two major cities in Italy. Last night, we ...

Rome

Week 2 of our trek across Europe was in Rome! Day one of our stay consisted of a road trip to Pompeii! It was like we were actually walking through a present-day Roman city… All the ...