Today our activity was biking – and it was raining! We were expecting it to be terrible, but it wasn’t that bad. Even if it was dirty and wet everywhere, we still kind of liked it. Also we caught a moment to see a rainbow, you can almost see it in this picture!

Have a great day Mauro – many happy returns from all the boys (and from your little friend in this picture!)

We arrived at Rochers de Nayes at around 11 am. A cold breeze of fresh, clean air swept by us. We knew that we will enjoy it.

On the first day we couldn’t do any activity outside because it was raining too hard so we played inside games: cards, truth or dare, etc. The next day came and the rain started to go away. We were separated into groups and rock climbed and hiked. Even if there was dense fog, the view was still amazing and the forests were extraordinary.

Now we are back in Champs des Bois enjoying hearing the stories of the other boys who were in Interlaken.

Today we decided to make a cake and it proved to be very delicious. I was amazed by how many unhealthy ingredients were used, but I guess that is what makes the cake so tasty. Everyone helped doing certain tasks like breaking the chocolate, mixing the eggs and sugar… Next time we will try to make a healthier cake with yoghurt and some fruits and hopefully it will be delicious as well!

Today’s weather was incredibly warm, something that is not expected of the autumn month of September. Not even a cloud was seen in the skies today and the sun was let loose, making the temperature unbearably high. Good thing  that such days are not frequent enough for us to dislike them, because who knows, maybe this is the last sunny day this year?

Hello everybody from the new and improved Champs des Bois!!!

I am delighted to announce that everybody who has returned from Champs des Bois last year is back in the house again. Only Alibek and Akhmad are not back at CdL this year. If you are reading this guys, you are missed in the house already!

Not only are we delighted that the boarding management decided to let everybody stay for a second year, they have been good enough to do an incredible amount of work to the house while we have been enjoying our summer holidays. Here you can see the boys making good use of our new extended living room with dining table and babyfoot table. And what good is a dining table without delicious food to dine on? Well that shouldn’t be a problem any more either thanks to our fantastic new kitchen; brilliantly demonstrated by Andrey, Aslan and Egor below. On top of these additions, we have new showers, a new toilet, new tiling, new washing machines, the house has been painted throughout, the list goes on!

As I said, Akhmad and Alibek are no longer with us, but the renovations took up one bed space so we could only invite one lucky boarder into this lovely new house. The lucky winner was Giorgios, seen here playing Babyfoot with Mauro, Jia Hao and Mircea. He is already good friends with all of the boys in the house as he was in Concha boarding house last year so he has settled in very well. We all look forward to his company throughout the school year!

Remember to visit our blog regularly to see what the boys are up to – we will try to do at least one post each week. On Sunday the boys are all off to the bowling alley, check back soon to see who triumphed!!!

Wow, I can’t believe a year has passed already! Well done to all the boys in CdB this year, it has been great fun.

I wish every one of you all the very best when those exam results come through your letterbox.

I look forward to seeing you next year, whether you be back in CdB or move on to pastures new.

Most importantly – HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!

Today the weather was lovely, so we decided to relax a bit before the final exams and enjoy the swimming pool. It was really nice as there was a lot of people and a delicious barbecue made by Mr Usher. I am looking forward to swimming again and good luck to all my house mates with your exams!!!

Happy Birthday Akhmad, hope you don’t spend it just hanging around!

On Sunday we went to France to do some paintball. We all enjoyed being outside in the nice weather. My team won all 3 of our games, it was very exciting! Here are some photographs of us looking like cosmonauts in the clothes they gave us to wear!