Fran, Tony, and the rest explore the central European landscape.

Hanwen, Fran, Arsenii, Aoto, Ryunosuke and Tony… sometimes happiness means a pair of wheels.

Our animal friends

Francisco and Mirsadi partake in the joys of French cooking…. watch out Julia Child!! We’re sure the meat was ”au point”

Said, Francisco and Mirsadi pose in the midst of their creation. Happiness sometimes is just a full stomach. Bon appetit, boys!

Mr Jaime guides Ilya, Francisco and Boris through bootcamp… excellent to maintain a healthy mind-body balance.

The boys were very tired by the end of the activity…. mens sana in corpore sano, boys!

Arsenii and Nihad cooked a very elaborate brunch. Wellbeing for their stomach!

Tony looks on in awe and disbelief….it’s the joy of French cooking.

Iyowuna participated in the photography activity in nature… is this our future Henri Cartier Bresson ?? Time will tell!

David channels the work of Ansel Adams by taking a black and white picture of nature, Give him a LIFE magazine cover already!

Arsenii rose the earliest for his turn, and beat the student record of 30 minutes on the bike: 17.8 kilometers ! He is quite proud of his achievement.

Our house tutor Mr Rodrigo was next, quickly getting into the top 4. Quite an accomplishment for 8.30 in the morning !!!

Later this morning, Ilya M. rode the bike to a technical inconvenience — the chain fell off! We fixed it immediately , but Ilya had lost some steam. Never took his mask off; a genuinely responsible young adult.

Fran rode to some excellent results, and on the day of his very birthday ! We are very proud of Fran.

Ryunosuke rides as Said watches on. He did quite well, slipping into the top 5. Well done, Ryunosuke.

Toma tries his own thirty minutes… apparently in a coat! It looks like he has recovered from being unwell and is ready for some serious exercise.

Albion rides solo! Eyes on the prize: getting into the top 10.

And who is this impromptu boarder ! Mr Usher showed support for our charity project by riding a few minutes. Cycling is not his strength, but he was a great sport.

Akihiro did well… being assisted by Mr Usher and Mr Xavier! It was great to see so many of our boys participate, even if cycling is not their cup of tea. It was for a good cause, after all.

Here she is: the ride report for the sum total of participants today. Excellent work, boys. Expect this again next year — better and revamped ! Thanks again to Mr Tom, Mr Xavier & Mr Rodrigo for overseeing today’s activity. We are still waiting to see Mr Tom’s results !!

Mr George with our very own Hanwen, Tony, Ryunosuke and Aoto. Shiny happy people. Picture credits to Mr Rodrigo.

Arsenii rides a long and winding road. He’s got a ticket to ride !

This happened to be the group with the longer bike journey, some 16 km. Hamza and David did not disappoint ! A little less conversation, a little more action.

We finally took our group house picture… here a sneak peek before we removed the masks to unveil our smiling faces. Will have to wait for the final picture. Class of 2020 !

Our basketball supersars shone once more — this time against ”Concha Attack” from the house of Concha. Our rivals led a surprising victory. We must say well done to James, Rob and Co .!

Nigel doing what he loves most. Toma and Ilya watching closely; the ball up for grabs !

Wonderful group picture. Vova, Tony, Toma, Nigel, the two Ilyas and Karim. Treasured memory for years to come !

Our shining prefect giving a personal speech about his experience making friends at CDL. Brave and very articulate.

Many a student engaged with Ivan’s segment. He must have been pleased. Foreshadows a great future ahead for him, and his peers. Well done Ivan & Co. !

On the occasion of Anuar’s birthday, the boys from Olympus gathered in a warm celebration for their dear friend.

Our very own Arsenii and Mirsadi with their peers from Leman 2.

Iyowuna aiming for the perfect shot !

A rather blurry shot, but the only evidence of our wonderful bike ride with Aoto, Ryunosuke, Hamza, Hanwen, Arsenii and Mr Rodrigo. The stellar picture courtesy of Mr George !

Mr Tom’s handcrafted Mount Olympus is finally up ! This will keep track of the house competition between grades, to inspire them to reach the top ! Grade 12 (Dionysus) and Grade 11 (Ares) Grade 10 (Apollo) and Grade 9 (Hades) are up for the glory at the top. At the moment Grade 12, Dionsyus, is leading by 210 points. Where will the next months take us ? Keep up with the competition on the blog right here !

The basketball game against the house of Leman was a triumph for Olympus. We doubled the competition in score ! Well done, boys.

Our team had some outstanding players, including Toma, Nigel, Waleed and Karim. We couldn’t have done it without them !

We played the house of Concha in a friendly game of football. We are happy to report we once again demolished the competition !!

We had to play on a particularly rainy evening, but everyone was quick to dry up when the game was over.

We couldn’t have won against the house of Concha without the stellar performance of Aoto, Ryunosuke, Marnix, Karim, Francisco, Omar and Max. Standing ovation for our winning players !

a perfect group photo with Mr Xavier and Mr Rodrigo ! this is only the Olympus group, which means that we live together. In this case, being in physical contact is acceptable. We observed social distancing with the other groups.

best of three

against the house of Leman 2

we love badminton

a basketball suspended in mid air !