Incredible … the first break is with us already!
The boys have all had a great start to their year at College du Leman and I know they have all been looking forward to this week to head home and abroad to meet up with their friends and families.
I hope you all have a fabulous time together and I look forward to hearing all the tales of adventure when everybody gets back!
Some of you might remember this light painting e did last year to send a message home.
This year the activities have changed so that we can choose our own activities every day. I am doing archery, biking, and learning Japanese as well as all my other studies. Some of the other guys in the house are also doing some sculpture, football, golf and mentoring the primary pupils in chess and sports.
This is really good because we get to do the activities we really enjoy and spend more time with our friends from other boarding houses.
Here is Alexey showing off his archery skills!
After brunch our boarding house went cycling for couple of kilometers to a petanque field.
We had a nice pic-nic there with all kinds of snacks and drinks, and after that we had a petanque championship.
Andrey and I won the championship with the score of 8-1!!!
After the winners were announced Mr Robertson prepared some prizes for the winners like crisps, drinks, and the cup for the first place.
I really enjoyed this trip, it was really fun.
Congratulations to Gio and Jia Hao who both played for CdL yesterday against LGB, an international school in Geneva. I have had a report from coach Pierre that they both played very well and helped the team along to a 5-2 victory, coming back from 2-0 down!
The boys are all proud of you!!!
On Sunday we went go-karting in France. I took the second place over all!!! The funny thing is I didn’t want to go but they had one free spot and I decided to give it a shot and I was second over all!!!!!! Although we had to wake up early on a Sunday morning, all of us loved it. We enjoyed the loud noise of karts and cheerful people driving and showing off their skills. But it here is a bad bit, I was trying to improve my time so much that I hit the pitwall – that hurt a bit but it was worth it!
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?
