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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!

Wish you were here! From, St. Laurent

Beckah and Maïté writing cartes postales to family and friends as a writing exercise in Intermediate French with Dené. We later explored the nuances of the French post office system. Xio chose ...

Class and Photography

by Clare B I can’t believe it’s already been a week that we’ve been here in St. Laurent! On Tuesday we started classes, and we were separated into three groups based on our level ...

Exploring Nice

by Grant T. In the past three days we have had so much free time. We were given this time always after lunch for an hour and a half and also sometimes at night. Each day as a group we eat lunch in ...

Bread, Candy, and Art

by Savannah B. Friday was the end of my first week of class, which was both exciting and disappointing. Both my French and photography classes have been so interesting. The classes aren’t ...

Boungiorno, Ciao, Ciao

by Sivan W. Trattoria Mario’s at 12:34 on a hot Florentine Wednesday. The place to be. It is a small restaurant located on the outskirts of the San Lorenzo marketplace. It’s only open from ...

Villefranche and the Sea

by Emilie S. I have enjoyed my first week in Nice tremendously. Strolling along the old town, exploring beautiful parks and trying new foods has been very exciting. But by far, I have most enjoyed ...

Cousins in Firenze

by Elena D. & Keara S. Reporting to you live from the center of Firenze, three blocks from the Duomo, within spitting distance of the Palazza della Republica, are two cousins, Keara and Elena. ...

First Weekend in Cadiz

by Claire D. Hola! This weekend was an exciting intro for what we are about to experience here in Cadiz. After many travel difficulties because of a Hurricane in New York, we finally arrived in ...

Arrival in Aix-en-Provence

by Katie E. Getting on a plane with eleven strangers is scary. You don’t know anything about their past, you don’t know where they come from, and you struggle to remember their names. Not only ...

Living in the South of France

by Kathryn K. For most people, the thought of living in Southern France would seem like an unattainable fantasy, but today I guess you could say I’m living the dream. I have now been living ...

Summer Program in Aix

by Lauren F. Hi everyone! I am Lauren and I am a part of the Aix-en-Provence summer program ! After a very long journey–two planes and a bus–we finally arrived in Aix! We settled into ...

by Student, Alexis R. , Tennessee

In Transit

by Riley H. I first heard the song “Despair in the Departure Lounge” by Arctic Monkeys on a CD that a wonderful friend made for me. At first, I couldn’t associate a melancholy ...