Paris, Lyon and Burgundy: Cultural Exchange and Service

After a few days in Lyon, the group said goodbye to the beautiful city and headed back to Paris. Following two hours on a high speed train, we arrived once again to the City of Love. We then took the metro to our final hostel stay. Once checked in, the group split up in...

Today we woke up early in the morning and experienced breakfast in the town of Lyon. After we all had our delicious breakfast we proceeded with our day by walking to our service project site, a bicycle school called Maison du Vélo. We all split up into groups and got to do different service...

We started our day with a 2-hour bus ride to the countryside of Burgundy. We picked up our tour guide June in the local town. On our way we stopped by a goat farm and pet the goats. After that we went to the home of a cheese maker’s house named Annie. She taught...

Today we left Paris for the next chapter of the trip in Lyon. We were out of the Paris hostel before nine and on an Amtrak-esque train to France’s second-largest city by 10:30, giving us somewhat of a full day of shopping and touring historical landmarks. Among the historical landmarks was an enormous church...

Today we woke up bright and early. We hopped on the Metro, ready for an amazing full-day Paris experience. First, we went to the Louvre and before going in, we saw a wedding and got to take a picture with the bride and groom! Inside the museum, we saw many amazing pieces, including the...

The trip began with an 8 hour overnight flight from Philadelphia to Paris. We arrived in Paris at 7 am. We were all exhausted and drove for an hour to our hostel. On the bus we were given traditional croissants. Once we put our luggage away we learned how to ride on the Metro....

Looking forward to a great adventure with a fantastic group of students! Madame Ferreira and Señora Paolello...