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By alia142
August 13th 2008
Ftan, cont'd Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Ftan
Here are the rest of the pictures from my time in Ftan. I'll never forget the students and the beautiful surroundings. Hopefully I will do this again next summer. The pictures include: *A day trip during our off-weekend that some of us counselors took to Schloss Tarasp, across a valley from the camp. It took about 2 and a half hours to walk to the next village and then catch a bus to the castle. It was unlike any castle I have ever seen; no picture inside were allowed, but I got some pictures of the outside. The part of that [View Full Entry]

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on the hike to the castle
Luke (one of the other counselors) having fun by the waterfall
Pretty

By alia142
August 11th 2008
Ftan, part 3 Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Ftan
Well, I am home after a long and exciting month. The rest of camp was, as usual, crazy but fun. There were times I wanted to crawl into bed and sleep for a week, but more often than not, I shared the kids' energy and was really grateful for the time I had there. After the first two weeks, that group of kids left, and a second group came. We called the first two weeks the "Italian session" because it consisted of mostly Italian kids, and the second two weeks was nicknamed the "German session." The German school system gets out [View Full Entry]

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My roommate Emily's 80s outfit
pretty scenery
our room

By alia142
July 13th 2008
Ftan 2 Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Ftan
Staff picture, on July 5th
Staff picture, on July 5th
We had a barbeque... July 4th was too rainy, and July 5th had perfect weather. credit: Suzanne
The first week of having villagers has been crazy, but fun. On Monday, the students arrived, and I was one of the three counselors who went to Zurich to pick up the arrivals at the airport. There were a few flights that came in later in the day, so I waited for them, and I brought them to the camp on the train. There were five trains we had to take, and then 2 buses, so it was crazy but I got to know them pretty well, which was fun. The rest of the staff stayed at the institute and checked [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 13th 2008 | 84 Views | [diary=297705]

Fancy Fiddlers
Staff hike to Alp Laret
When we got towards the top, we saw cows!

By alia142
July 3rd 2008
Ftan thus far Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Ftan
The village of Ftan, Switzerland has approximately 500 people, but that number goes up quite a bit when Concordia Language Village's English immersion summer camp is in session. The facility that we use is what is used as a boarding school during the school year. It is really high up in the Alps, and on a hill overlooking the village. I, along with a guy who flew in from Omaha and a girl from Sweden, all arrived at around the same time in the morning on Monday at the Zurich airport (about 3 hours northwest of Ftan.) We met up with [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 3rd 2008 | 85 Views | [diary=294770]

the front of our facility
More of the building
Right when we arrived

By torsk
July 31st 2006
Romansching in Ftan Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Ftan
Ftan [View Full Entry]

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Jagdhorn Konzert
Start 'em young
Ornate Sgraffito

Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
The Swiss mountains seen from the Vaduz youth hostel.
Scenes from the trip from Liechtenstein to Ftan... more to be written later? [View Full Entry]

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Vaduz
Vaduz seen from Switerland
Ardez

By Peble
October 24th 2005
Swiss V1ak 2005 Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Ftan
Dag 1 dag na aankomst Adres: Hotel Val Sinestra CH-7554 Sent Zwitserland 0041-818663105 Poeh hé, vandaag zijn we van het hotel naar Zuort gelopen (dorp -> 2 huizen). Hier hebben even iets gedronken. Hierna hebben we de ravage gezien die een lawine kan aanrichten in het lawinedorp. Door de regenval en overstromingen van de afgelopen dagen zijn grote delen van de paden verwoest. Dus lopen we in de bedding van de rivier, waar nu bijna geen water in staat? Nadat we heel veel koeien hebben gezien, jaja mama-koe en papa-stier (hé luc). Zijn we verder gelopen naar Vná, daar he [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 21st 2008 | 185 Views | [diary=268546]

Berghaus
Beekje
Hotel Val Sinestra