Heading into the back country: halfway through a 2,500-foot climb 

In France, students spent three days with host families in Paris before travelling to the city of Avignon in Provence.

The Costa Rica group completed a service project in Savegre, where they helped build a nature trail and made signs to identify the different plants by their Latin names.

Students in Japan visited the Diet, Japan's official center of government, participated in a tea ceremony, and visited the Meiji shrine, among other activities.  They are also learning about various projects meant to alleviate the effects of the country's recent earthquake and its aftermath.



Students at the Cape Eleuthra Institute in the Bahamas have been learning about and surveying green sea turtles for the past several days.

In New York, students have already seen three theatre productions, as well as Empire, by the Spiegelworld Circus.  They have also taken a ferry trip to Staten Island, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, and eaten pizza in Park Slope.

Students on the Perú trip returned to Cusco after four days in the village of Huayacocha, where they built 12 safe, efficient stoves for families.  They also visited the village's primary and secondary schools and had the opportunity to get to know the children there.