My first day in Saint-Laurent-du-Var was amazing! Exhausting, but amazing. It was wonderful meeting my host mother, who is an absolute sweetheart, and the town itself is incredibly beautiful. It's so different from what I’m used to, but in a really nice way. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I understood most of what was being said, ...
We are finally in Nice! After out own independent voyages to our meeting place, JFK Airport, and an eight hour cramped, uncomfortable, and mostly sleepless plane ride, we arrived at our final destination: Nice Cote d’Azur. Despite the lost baggage and sleep deprivation, I think it’s safe to say that the adventurous side in all of us has ...
Abbey Road Programs' students arrived in St-Laurent-du-Var just yesterday! Today, we got started by touring the city with a local guide. But the main event occurred when the students got the very special opportunity to meet the town's mayor! In honor of the Fourth of July, the mayor was kind enough to play the national anthems of the United ...
I’m sitting on the couch in my living room, the only calm spot in a sea of frenetic energy, as my mother tries to pack for our return home to Ghana. I’m struggling to come up with something to write... The source of my writer's block isn’t an inability to generate feelings about my upcoming trip to France, but rather the opposite — ...
Along with several others from the group, I arrived at the Nice airport on Sunday, July 3. Right away the foreign feeling kicked in, as I knew I was no longer in the U.S. I met my host mom who picked me up at the airport and right away, speaking French it was! I knew it was the start to something great! I stayed with my host-parents in St. ...