When I studied abroad in Florence, Italy two summers ago, the first thing that I learned in Italian was, “L’Italia è un forno” meaning Italy is an oven. Let’s face it. Italy in the summertime is hot. The cities tend to be full of mosquitoes and heat rests on the shoulders of the city. Don’t...Read More
[slideshow]As we celebrated the Fourth of July this past week with celebrations of hot dogs and burgers, we sat back and recapped the past few weeks of summer. We realized that all of us here, while we are driven by crazy schedules and all go off in different directions every weekend, we still have complete...Read More
By Sarah Bilby. Bilby is currently studying abroad in Barcelona. Check out her full blog about her study abroad experience “http://sarahbilbyisnothere.tumblr.com/” Before you start reading these next posts, I should give you a fair warning, because this past weekend in Switzerland may have been the best weekend of my life. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating, but...Read More
[slideshow]Tis a sad, sad, time of the summer when we here at Bus2alps have to say our goodbyes to our Session I friends all over Europe. We have had so much fun with all of you and hope that your time abroad was made even better because of the bus, but also because of the...Read More
The summer is in full swing and so is Bus2alps with weekend adventures to the alps and the oceans, as well as nightly get-togethers around our city to get away from the heat. Frozen cocktails were flowing at Bar Cinque in Rome where Danica, and friends decided to welcome a different kind of heat with...Read More
This is an entry for our Spring 2012 Why We Ride Blog Contest. Click here to read the original blog post on Lauren’s blog “la bella vita”, as well as her other adventures while studying abroad. This past weekend I went to Interlaken, Switzerland! This was probably one of the most spur of the moment, random trips I’ve...Read More
This is an entry for our Spring 2012 Why We Ride Blog Contest by Matt M. —- Ok, my trip didn’t start too smoothly. I was coming off a wild week at Prague and Barcelona. I was planning on relaxing and having a catch up weekend with my older sister (shes a teacher in Madrid). I slept...Read More
This is an entry for our Spring 2012 Why We Ride Blog Contest. Click here to read the original blog post (complete with Canyon Jump video) on Michele’s blog, , as well as her other adventures while studying abroad. Interlaken, Switzerland was easily the best weekend of my entire life. Trust me, I have had some great vacations,...Read More
Did you ride camels in Africa this past weekend? If you were part of the Bus2alps first Morocco trip of the season, then the answer is YES! A group of students from all over Europe flew into Marrakech to spend a weekend in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, going canyoning, bargaining in the Souks...Read More
This past week, over 900 students were traveling with Bus2alps all around the continent to Venice Carnevale, Ireland, Interlaken, Vienna/Salzburg, Prague, and Stiges Carnival! The clear blue skies, warmtemps, and fresh powder made for unbelievable conditions on the mountains for all of the skiers, snowboarders, and explorers in the Jungfrau Region. Goggle tans mean more...Read More
With 400 students joining the Bus2alps team, everyone in Venice put on their masks and partied hard for Carnevale in the snow! And speaking of snow, students this past weekend got the special treat of czeching out Prague in the snow. The whimsical architecture and Prague castle made the city seem even more like a...Read More
