Today students took a breather, having a free morning to either explore the castle perched above the town or stroll through the beautiful streets of Salzburg in search of chocolate and gifts for the home. Later in the afternoon, we took a lake and mountain tour around three gorgeous lakes right outside Vienna: Mondsee, Wolfgang ...
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 ...
What drew you to Abbey Road and specifically the Modern Civilization program? What were you looking to get out of this experience? I was really attracted by the idea of traveling to different cities and countries, especially since there was a cohesive theme to the chosen locations. I chose Modern Civilization because it focused on a part of ...