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Welcome to the Summer Program and Teen Travel Blog !
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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!

Last Day in Greece

Hello again from Greece! Today is our last day, but we’ve had a great time here. Monday started with a bus ride to the quaint town of Nafplio. Before stopping at some breathtaking sites, we read ...

by Student, Alexis W. , New York

Final Days in Athens

Goodbye Greece, here we come to Italy! Unfortunately, today is our last day here in Athens. And as sad as we all are to be leaving, the next few cities on our schedule will undoubtedly be ...

by Student, Cora E. , Colorado

Greetings from Greece!

It’s been an incredible time so far, and we’ve already visited so many historical sights. We landed in Greece on Friday after a tiring flight and got to meet our other peers from ...

by Student, Alexis W. , New York

Geiá sas

Geiá sas (hello) from Greece! Since arriving in Athens last week, our schedule has been fully packed with fascinating activities. We spent our first full day, Saturday, exploring the Acropolis ...

by Student, Alexandra S. , Kansas

Relaxing day in Nice

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 ...

by Student, Sophie S. , Pennsylvania

Fantastic weekend leading into our second week!

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 ...

by Student, Sydney A. , Georgia

Antibes and Cannes

The group has officially made it through a week! After one Semaine of great activity, we started off the weekend in Antibes, a small town just 20 minutes away from St. Laurent. It was really ...

by Student, Eliza S. , North Carolina

Biking, Kayaking and Phoenician Ruins

On Saturday, the group participated in its second Saturday excursion by venturing to Los Toriños for Biking and Kayaking. After a 20 minute bus ride from Cádiz, we put down our bags, put on our ...

by Student, Robert C. , Connecticut

Photography and Art History Classes

In photography class on Wednesday, we did a walking photography tour of the city. Each person got to lead the group for 8 minutes and we ended up covering a huge amount of space in a couple of ...

by Student, Emma S. , London

Lucca

Today we took a bus to visit a few towns for the weekend. The first we went to was known for its towers that the wealthy families would stay in when attacks happened during the Medieval times. We ...

by Student, Ise S. , NYC

Villefranche

Today was an exhausting but an exhilaratingly fun-filled day in Nice. Our morning had started off with fresh croissants from the nearest bakery, followed by a daily French lesson and a short ...

by Student, Sophie S. , Pennsylvania

Los Actividades

On Wednesday night, the whole group went to Caleta beach for a sports night. We played volleyball, soccer, and Frisbee as took pictures as the sun set over the water.  At one point, several ...

by Student, Robert C. , Connecticut