In high spirits, our group traveled southeast out of the alps, passing rolling hills and medieval castles as we pulled into Florence’s central train station. We spent our first day in Florence reliving the Renaissance section of our world history textbooks by visiting the Cattedrale di…

The last few days have been action packed. Our group hit the ground running after arriving in our home base of Leysin, Switzerland. We got familiar with our new stomping grounds by taking a moderate hike around La Berneuse and nearby Lake Mayen, taking in…

This post was written on July 4. This trip is already awesome! Our enthusiastic group of young adventurers seamlessly navigated the Newark International Airport, watched the latest critically acclaimed movies, slogged through jet-lag, and picked up our final group leader and European travel expert Tim…

We’ve received word from the leaders that the group has arrived in Geneva, Switzerland.

Greetings! Your leaders Alicia, Tim, and Jonathan here! Trains, planes, and bikes, oh my! After a jam-packed weekend of preparation in the beautiful hills of Vermont, we can’t wait to start our European adventure! Come with ideas of what you want to see, do, and…

Welcome to Putney!  This blog is where friends and family can follow along on the group’s adventures through periodic updates, photos, and stories from our leaders and students in the field.  While we hope for a blog update once or twice each week, internet access…