Camp Journal - Leysin, Switzerland

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Session 4 - Day 14 (23 August, 2008)

23 August, 2008 This is it -- all the campers leave today. There is a farewell dinner for counsellors tonight and most of them leave tomorrow. The Grand Salon, which was decorated for the Prom last night looked like this this morning...

Session 4 - Day 13

22 August, 2008 Big day today!! Lots of things going on at Village Camps, Switzerland. Graduation Day for Language Campers Awards for tennis and multi-activity campers Special meal tonight -- and then Prom Night...

Session 4 - Day 12 (21 August, 2008)

21 August, 2008 At Village Camps, Switzerland, the world is our campus and to celebrate the diversity in our population (campers, counsellors, teachers, and staff) one day each session is designated as International Day. The Spotlight...

Session 4 - Day 11 (20 August, 2008)

20 August, 2008 We are a little late in getting the posting up today -- had some internet problems -- but we finally got everything up and running. I know that we did a Spotlight story on Secret Friends just two day ago (18 August) but today we were...

Session 4 - Day 10 (19 August, 2008)

19 August, 2008 Once again there are lots of things going on at Village Camps, Switzerland. The evening rain was a heavy one and caused the cancellation of the camp fire at Prafandaz that was scheduled for the Red Group. The Spotlight...

Session 4 - Day 9 (18 August, 2008)

18 August, 2008 Weekend is over -- things are returning to normal, language classes have resumed, the Multi-Activity clubs are in full swing, and the tennis campers are back on the courts. The Spotlight story today is on the Junior Camp -- a very special camp...

Session 4 - Day 8 (17 August, 2008)

17 August, 2008 Let's see, it rained on our festival on Friday -- it was a very nice day for our excursions on Saturday -- and it rained on Sunday and caused our trip to the pool in Aigle to be cancelled. I sure hope that isn't a trend we have...

Session 4 - Day 7 (16 August, 2008)

16 August, 2008 Today was excursion day at Village Camps, Switzerland. You can read about the various destinations in the SpotLight story below. The photo gallery contains pictures from the yellow group excursion -- we will try to get some pictures of...

Session 4 - Day 6 (15 August, 2008)

15 August, 2008 I t looks as though not enought of you kept your fingers crossed for good weather for Festival Friday. It was rainy and quite chilly throughout the day -- but do you think that put a damper on our intrepid counsellows -- of course not. They...

Session 4 - Day 5 (14 August, 2008)

14 August, 2008 Another full day of classes and activities at Village Camps, Switzerland. There are two spotlight stories below -- one on the the very successful Language Programme at Village Camps, Switzerland and the second on a Casino...

Session 4 - Day 4 (13 August, 2008)

13 August, 2008 In yesterday's post I said that we had to cancel the camp fire on Prafandaz because of rain. The weatherman did cooperate today and a large group of campers made the walk to Prafandaz. They were rewarded with toasting marshmallows, eating...

Session 4 - Day 3 (12 August, 2008)

12 August, 2008 Another very busy day at Village Camps, Switzerland. A little too much rain for us to follow the original schedule -- but with the versitility of our counsellors things when on without a hitch. It is supposed to clear up for...

Session 4 - Day 2 (11 August, 2008)

11 August, 2008 Everything is back in the swing again -- English and French classes had their first lesson this morning and the teachers had a chance to see how well the placement tests worked. Tennis camp started this afternoon -- who knows, maybe there is a...

Session 4 - Day 1 (10 August, 2008)

10 August, 2008 Today is the first day of Session Four at Village Camps, Switzerland. Today is arrival day -- a very busy day but this session is always the smallest one of the summer. We have 127 campers enrolled in the various programmes. We will...

Session 3 - Day 14 Departure Day (9 August, 2008

9 August 2008 Time goes by very fast when you are having lots of fun. It is hard to realize that two weeks have gone by since this group of campers arrived at Village Camps, Switzerland -- but the reality is that today is Departure...