The Gems of Mallorca

Today’s highlight was the antique wooden train that rides on a narrow gauge track and has been rolling along since 1912 across the 27 kilometers...

25 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Student Tour Arrival Day

Arrival day can be tough. You’ve been eagerly anticipating your trip for months, with expectations building and excitement growing. It all culminates with a bleary-eyed...

Educational Travel’s Wow’s: Enjoy your “Acropolis Moment”!

It’s that moment of arrival when you stop, look, pinch yourself – yes, you really are here! It’s the moment you’ve been dreaming of for...

Mallorca’s Enchantment

Mallorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands, sitting just off the coast of Spain, equidistant between Valencia and Barcelona, and has been a holiday...

Things You Might Not Know About Italian Spa Culture

I will always remember the time I went to Montecatini, a spa town outside of Florence. I pulled up to this beautiful gate and saw...

Paris and the Palace of Versailles in One Day

My flight from Madrid to Paris would deliver me to Orly Airport, south of the city. What a delight to fly into. It is not...

New Adventures in Vieux Lyon

My confession is that I had never been to Lyon. Well, at least never inside the city proper. I had passed it in my rental...

Churros, Churches and the Best of Spain in Spring

It wasn’t that I had had enough of Madrid. I had spent my first night doing a tapas route while bumping into a bunch of...

With the Monsignor in Vatican City

I feel like I have spent an awful lot of time around the Vatican recently. There was Easter and there was the beatification two weeks...

6 Reasons Why Travel is the Best Education

It’s often said that "traveling is the best education." I would thoroughly agree with this statement and if you’re reading this because you’ve organized trips...