For our last cooking group in Aix, we gave the students a special recipe for the Iron Chef competition. Team by team, they worked out rapidity, aesthetics, and flavors and cooked for a jury. It was a difficult decision to choose the best team! They prepared as first dish with a fresh salad of grapefruit and endives, then stuffed zucchinis with ...
These past few days have been a little bittersweet, as the thought of leaving this beautiful city hangs over our heads. But nonetheless, we have been able to enjoy every minute of these precious days with each other and in Nice. Wednesday, we drove three hours to Saint-Tropez for a full day of shopping, exploring, and beach-going. It was a ...
This past week has been so much fun! While in St-Tropez, I was lucky to have spent the day with one of my great friends from Italy. We lounged poolside at his house and then went to lunch at one of his favorite beach clubs, Club 55. I then met up with the rest of the group, and we returned home. The ride was lengthy, but the trip was ...
Bonjour tout le monde from Aix-en-Provence! It's hard to believe that our trip is finally coming to an end... Aix feels like home for all of us now. It will be strange having to shift back to the American lifestyle after living for so long in France. The past few days have been so fun! The highlight of Wednesday, in my opinion, was the iron ...
As the week came to its halfway point, reality set in; we are leaving soon! Four people are going to Paris, and most others are going on other exotic vacations or visiting family in Europe. The big worry on everyone's mind is how they are going to fit everything they bought in their suitcases! In French class on Wednesday, we went to a ...
The latter half of our last full week with Abbey Road Programs has been very eventful. From Wednesday to Friday, we have participated in activities such as a small "Iron Chef" cook-off and a talent show of sorts, as well as taking group trips to see Cezanne's art studio and a former concentration camp. It was a bit of a surprise to see how ...
Wednesday was a day of history... We went to a former Deportation Camp that was active during World War II. It was amazing to learn how the people held inside the camp entertained themselves. They would put on plays and concerts and make sculptures. Also, many of them left pieces of their stories behind in artwork on the walls. The Camp des ...
Have you ever felt as if, for a second, present and future became nothing but dreams, and the only reality you could experience was the past? For a second, you had no memories, no life, no name... You forgot everything, and you lived somebody else's life. It might sound scary, but in fact, it is wonderful, a surreal feeling that cannot compare ...
This Sunday the students spent the afternoon in Cannes, enjoying the beautiful city and having fun. We all embraced our inner children on the Carousel de Cannes. In the evening, we had dinner at a local creperie. And on Tuesday we went snorkeling in the waters just off the port town of Villefranche-sur-Mer! The students ...
The St-Laurent-du-Var Abbey Road group headed to Villefranche to spend time on the beach, and we had the option to snorkel. I chose to snorkel with some friends and other students, so we took the boat out wearing wetsuits and masks. I was able to swim around for about an hour, exploring the rocks and schools of fish. Having scuba dived in ...