News & Blog

Welcome to the Summer Program and Teen Travel Blog !
Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.
SYLVIA PLATH, THE BELL JAR

It is our wish to provide you, our valued readers, with engaging and interesting information about the spectacular world around us, and, hopefully, the words you find here will also inspire you to get out, to learn, to live, and above all else, to travel!

My very first day in Italy.

After a long day of jet lag and airport travels I successfully had a great first day in Florence, from eating a delicious mushroom pizza in a local restaurant near our hotel, to walking and ...

by Student, Roslyn D. , Florence, Italy

¡Estamos en España! (Part 2)

Photo By: Madelyn E. The adventure has begun! After a very long day of traveling, I am happy to report that the entire group has safely made it to Cádiz. Most of us have miraculously recovered ...

by Student, Madelyn E. , Cadiz, Spain

Winter Fashion Trends

It’s officially winter, and that means style changes! This season you’ll be seeing knit sweaters and cardigans in neutral colors and simple patterns. Turtlenecks are my personal ...

by Student, Taylor M. , Washington

Ciao!

We’ve settled in here in Florence, and the apartments are great! Tonight we had our first dinner at the residence, and it turned out nicely. Each room was assigned a course and had €20 to ...

by Student, Cora E. , Colorado

La palabra “ultima”

Last blog post. Last Monday. Last full day. Last everything. I can’t even believe the time has come to say goodbye to this beautiful city and the amazing friends I have made over the past three ...

by Student, Caroline J. , North Carolina

Last Days in Rome

Yesterday was our last day in Rome, and one of our most interesting yet. We departed early in the morning for Vatican City, where we explored the accompanying museum. Many exhibits were closed, ...

by Student, Alexandra S. , Kansas

Cripta Cappucini and Borghese

We have spent our days in Rome studying the rich history and culture of the city. Saturday consisted of a day at the Capitoline Museum, where we walked around as a group and Monica explained the ...

by Student, Alexandra S. , Kansas

SAT prep and College tours

So Tuesday was my (and the rest of the new kids’) first official SAT prep class of this session, where we met our prep teacher, SAT extraordinaire, Patrick Choi. Patrick has been working with ...

by Student, Jonathan O. , New Hampshire

ROMA

Welcome back to Rome! It’s been hot here, but that hasn’t stopped us from exploring and learning all about our surroundings. We had a jam-packed weekend learning about the history ...

by Student, Alexis W. , New York

Trip to San Remo and Cannes

This weekend’s trips were extremely fun. On Saturday we took our own coach bus with the students from St. Laurent to San Remo, Italy. While we were there we enjoyed a nice three-course ...

by Student, Nicole E. , New Jersey

Trip to Pisa

Saturday, we were given a free day to recuperate and rest. I mostly hung out in our apartments which are four apartments of around eight people each set up in a residential building. In the ...

by Student, Ise S. , NYC

Dali, Figueres and Girona

This weekend was very fun! On Saturday we went to Figueres, home to the well known Salvador Dali Museum, also where Dali was born. It was a very cool museum and we got to walk around and take ...

by Student, Sara B. , Florida