Greece at last! After a long voyage across the pond, our 17 excited students finally touched down in Athens and officially began their European adventure! The sun was shining across the Acropolis, and we could not have asked for a more beautiful day to herald the start of our wonderful program. After settling into the hotel to cool down and ...
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 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 ...