On Thursday we had, of course, our regular morning classes. After lunch, we headed towards Nice! We were allowed many different options while in Nice. Sports, pottery, visiting a candy store, and free time. I choose to have free time so that I could walk around and see more of the city. After the afternoon activities, we had dinner in Nice with ...
Two weeks have already flown by! These past few days have been filled with many languages- not only French and English but also Italian! Arthur, the head of Abbey Road, came for a visit on Saturday and took us to the beautiful city of San Remo, Italy. To get there, we rented a private bus, which meant no waiting in the station for late trains! ...
Friday, July 17, 2015 From Day 1, I have been saying that one of the things I wanted to do more than anything else is to learn how to surf. Yesterday, that dream came true. We took a 30-minute bus ride into New Cadiz, put on matching neon yellow surf school shirts, grabbed our surfboards and headed towards the beach and the fulfillment of one ...
Yesterday was a normal start to any other day, wake up, breakfast, walk to our meeting place, and classes. After lunch we went to Villefranche. Here we split up into two groups; one went snorkeling and the other group stayed on the beach. Then the groups switched off. I was in that second group. On to Nice and Villefranche once again! While ...
Bonjour! Yesterday was La fête National or the Independence Day for France. In America, people refer to it as Bastille Day, which is because it was the storming of the Bastille. In class, we learned about Bastille day. We learned how it was the start of the French Revolution when the poor rose up in resistance to the nobles. After our lesson, ...
Walking with my roommates, Eve and Alex, the other day, we got on the subject of how easy it is to take the city for granted. Now that we’ve lived here for a few weeks, we have become comfortable and know our way around. This causes us to not pay attention to the streets that we walk on because we know them so well. Thus, we don’t take the ...
Looking back on my time in Cádiz, I cannot help but be amazed at how much I gained in just two weeks in Spain: a greater level of proficiency in understanding the Spanish language, a more throughout understanding of Spain's history and culture, a plethora of exciting experiences to discuss with others and countless new friends. I was able to ...
I woke up Tuesday morning filled with excitement for the day to come- we were going snorkeling! I have never had the opportunity to do this before, so of course I was extremely eager to experience it. My roommate and I, along with many of the other kids in the program, decided to take the morning off from classes to be rested for the busy ...
Today was a somewhat relaxing day in the town of Nice. It all started off with our typical morning French class where we were studying vocabulary words and introducing ourselves with new French phrases that will help us while living in Nice. After our classes were over, our teachers said that we were going to a museum, but really, they had ...
On Saturday, we visited the Picasso museum in Antibes. Beautiful views of the ocean outside accompanied with interesting thought-provoking art pieces inside. After lunch, we made our way to the beach for an afternoon in the water. We went paddle boarding and kayaking. I especially loved paddle boarding because I got to see people expressions ...