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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!

Visiting Northeastern University

Today students got a chance to take a tour of Northeastern University here in the heart of Boston! This was one of six college visits that the students have gotten to experience during their time ...

Day Trip to Girona

During our first weekend in Barcelona we took a day trip to the city of Girona, about 60 miles northeast of Barcelona. The city was founded in 79 B.C.E and remains one of the major cities in the ...

Toledo, Spain

After getting off of the high speed train that brought us from Madrid, we walked up a large hill approaching the ancient city of Toledo. Passing over the fortified bridge and through cavernous ...

Arrival in Spain

The Madrid-Barcelona program got off to a running start as soon as our plane touched down in the early hours of July 7. After dropping our bags at the hotel in Madrid we strolled over to La Plaza ...

Second Week in Cadiz

by Sarah H-K. Hello again! The second week of classes is now well under way after a fun weekend. On Saturday we took the bus to Los Truenos, where we biked around an old salt reserve with a tour ...

Tout bouge à St. Laurent! Excursions, activities, and jellyfish!

One of our favorite places to spend the evening hanging out together is, without a doubt, the beach! We have been lucky to see multiple sunsets and moon rises. However, the rest of the Côte ...

Packed Week in St. Laurent

by Kathryn K. This past week has been jam packed with adventures. We have started our French classes as well as our electives, and have gotten settled into our new homes. With morning courses and ...

Action-packed Weekend

by Claire D. This past weekend was very fast paced and fun filled. We started the weekend Friday night, going to New Cadiz as a group. We ordered pizza from a restaurant and took it to the ...

Frescoes in Siena

by Elena D. & Keara S. This past weekend was the closing of our full first week here in Firenze. We capped off the week with a day trip to Sienna followed by a stop at San Gimigniano. Sienna ...

Athens, Greece

by Carlos C. & Maya C. We didn’t realize Jasmine was married when we first left for Greece. Conversation on the planes were a little awkward at first, (as to be expected) but we thought ...

Food in Cadiz

by Ariel P-B. In my previous two articles, I mentioned trying tapas and ice cream. I did not, however, go into as much detail as I would have liked. Spain is known for its food–especially ...

Night Time, My Time

by Riley H. As many know, the Fourth of July is cause for celebration in the States. We just missed it as our day of arrival in France was on our nation’s birthday. While I was sad to miss ...