On our second day in Salzburg, we took a 2-hour bus ride to an important, if intense, a site in Austrian history: the Mauthausen Memorial, dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust. The location used to be an old stone quarry and the internees were political prisoners from all around Europe. The site has moving memorials and reconstructions ...
We are off again! Today we left for Salzburg at 8 in the morning, making our way through the beautiful countryside of the Czech Republic and Austria. We arrived in the late afternoon to a little bit of rain, but also to gorgeous mountain scenery. We took a stroll through one part of the historic downtown area and stopped in at the house where ...
Today we saw the most amazing view of Prague from the castle! The following photos sum up how great our experiences in Prague have been: [caption id="attachment_1659" align="alignnone" width="614"] Cemetery for the Czech Jews that died in the Holocaust. About 10,000 are buried in such a small area.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1658" ...
We headed out early in the morning for a tram ride through the old town area to the other side of the Vltava (the Moldau) River and the Castle area. Students toured the enormous castle complex, St. Vitus Cathedral, and the center of political power in the Czech Republic. After the tour, students wandered around the medieval street behind ...
This summer I will be going on the Western Civilization trip with Abbey Road Programs. On the trip, I am looking forward to seeing the Parthenon in Athens, because it is one of the oldest buildings in human history, not to mention dedicated to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare Athena. Another thing I am interested in seeing is ...
Hi! My name is Dontay Downer, but no, I’m not going down under for this trip... Abbey Road Programs will be taking me, a traveling rookie, to four of the largest cities in Europe! During the Western Civilization program, I will be trekking the sizable spaces of the Parthenon in Athens, experiencing the grand Colosseum in Rome, cooking ...
This will be my second year traveling with Abbey Road. Last year I went on the Western Civilization program. My brother Jason also went on 2 Abbey Road Program trips: Western Civ and Barcelona. My favorite thing about last year was meeting great people and how much fun we had with the guides. They make learning exciting! I live in ...
This was your second summer with Abbey Road, what drew you to Abbey Road the first time and what made you decide to go again? I started Abbey Road the summer after I stopped going to summer camp and I was looking for something to do that would be both productive and fun. My mom found it online and she sent me the link and I thought it looked ...
Before embarking on this trip, I had hoped that it would change me from a mere tourist into a sophisticated world traveler. Through the significant amount of information provided at every sight we visited, as well as the numerous Symposium Seminars (group discussions), Abbey Road succeeded in making me the type of traveler I so desired to ...
The prospect of writing this essay is a bit daunting. There are so many aspects of my trip that deserve mention, but communicating the experiences in a manner that does them justice is a task I’m not sure I’m up for. After all, how do you explain the friendships made, the things learned, the growth and the maturation to anyone who didn’t ...