On June 4th we said goodbye to the Seniors in a beautiful ceremony at the Kempinsky Hotel in Geneva. We will miss the Class of 2014 a lot but wish them all the best for the future! We hope you come back to CDL to visit us!

Hibiki on the flute and Liza on the piano rehearsing for their music exam.  They sound amazing together!!! 🙂

The 10th annual Versoix Chocolate festival, or “Festichoc” took place this past weekend, just 10 minutes walk from CDL.  Chocolate manufacturers from all over the region came together to display their exquisite creations:

…like this giant egg!

Yuliya and Victoria outside the tent at the festival.

More photos of the event can be found on the official website of the event: http://www.versoix.ch/fdc.php?page=1389&obj=7240

Seda and Victoria in their hoodies

And a group shot!

The birthday girl celebrating her 17th birthday yesterday!

Have a wonderful birthday, Masha! 

What better way to spend a lovely Sunday afternoon than to take a stroll by the lake nearby?  Selena and Yulia paid a visit to the swans, who seemed quite hungry! 

Did you know…

• Swans are not greedy creatures and will only eat what they need (but mould is poisonous to them so if you  give them bread make sure it is fresh!)
• Swans can sleep standing on one leg or whilst floating, usually with their heads tucked back under a wing.
• Swans mate for life. If a mate is lost then the surviving mate will go through a grieving process like humans do, after which it will either stay where it is on its own, fly off and find a new stretch of water to live on.

Source: http://www.theswansanctuary.org.uk/faq.php 

Whether you’re an expert skier or have never worn a pair of skis before, don’t miss the chance to participate in CDL’s ski weekends:

18-19 January, 25-26J anuary, 1-2 February, 8-9 February, 15-16 March

And ski week:  February 22-March 1st

Experienced ski instructors are available for lessons at all levels and plenty of après ski activities will be organized too!  For more information or to sign up go to http://www.cdl.ch/ski .

On Tuesday evening we had the pleasure of having some of the teachers over for dinner in the Boarding House. It was a pleasure to be all together in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.  Thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the evening – we hope to do it again soon!

Here are a couple of pictures from the evening:

Selena with Mme Farcy

Yuliya with Ms. Durant

Ms. Sotillo, Mr. Allan, Valérie and Mr. McGuire

Fatoumata, Kristina, Samuella and Mme Salamin

Hibiki with Ms. Sotillo

Mr. Schwarz with Arina and Liza

Ms. Ninaber, Mr. Lang, Anastasiya and Liza

Today we had our weekly house meeting.  Here are some pictures of our house reps discussing the new hoodie!