http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Switzerland , South East , Ftan en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 20:00:51 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 20:00:51 +0000 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 offweekend 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 castl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-311484.html 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 becau http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-310781.html 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-297705.html 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 Swe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-294770.html Dag 1 dag na aankomst Adres Hotel Val SinestraCH7554 SentZwitserland0041818663105Poeh h vandaag zijn we van het hotel naar Zuort gelopen dorp gt 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 be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-268546.html Ftan http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-78762.html Scenes from the trip from Liechtenstein to Ftan... more to be written later http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Ftan/blog-78426.html