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Friday, July 10, 2015 The thing that I love most about being here is that I am exposed to completely new experiences. If I had not chosen to come on this trip, I would never be able to say that I ...

Yesterday, Thursday July 9th, we participated in one of our most exciting activities yet… parasailing! I was so excited for this activity even before I came to France, because I have never done ...

Journal Entry #2 Night 2: I feared I had begun a rather strange sleep pattern waking up for the second night in a row at 2:30 am on the dot. Day 2: I woke up, got ready, ate breakfast, and went to ...

July 10 We got to Barcelona on Wednesday and so far it is so much fun! Everyone is so nice and the food is so good. On Thursday we had class in the morning and then we went to a park. The park ...

Journal: First Entry night 1: Interesting start. I didn’t want my mom to leave at all. She’s my comfort blanket and I didn’t want to let her go!! But once she did I began to ...

July 6, Monday We’ve only been in Florence three days but it has felt like weeks. The first day was mostly spent sleeping, recovering from jet lag, and meeting late arrivals. I’m sharing an ...

A few days ago all the Abbey Road kids arrived in beautiful Nice, France. When we got to the residence hall, all of us had time to rest and unpack. Later that evening, we experienced a wonderful ...

So far we have been to the beach twice. “La vieille ville” of Nice and St. Laurent, and many other fascinating and beautiful places. The past three days have been very busy! On Monday ...

July 6, 2015 Today was our first full day in Nice. When I had arrived, I was overly exhausted due to the 6 hour time difference, but nonetheless was swept away by the serene beauty of this place. ...

Train stations, beaches, and lots of fun activity filled our day yesterday, July 7th. We started off in the classroom for the first time and surprisingly it was air-conditioned, which was pretty ...

Today was our first day of French classes. We spent an hour in the classroom, then spent the rest of the class period talking to people we found in town. Counterintuititively, class was one of ...

The first set of classes started today (Tuesday). They were wonderful, we split off into two groups to learn. After a while of learning, we all visited a candy factory where we were given a tour, ...