Ftan, cont'd

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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 day that I will never forget is when the organ was played inside the castle, in a large room with chandeliers, and I got chills the whole time. I've never been so affected by an organ before (well, except Albinoni.)

*A hike we took with the kids halfway through the second session

*Mountain Goat adventures (Mountain Goat is the name of the group that goes overnight camping)

*A trip with about 20 kids that I went on, on which we took gondolas up to the top of a mountain peak and rode scooters down the mountain for about 2 or 3 hours. All but 4 of us ended that day with at least one part of our body bleeding or with a whole bunch of bruises. It had started pouring rain when we were partway down the mountain. Mine was the most dramatic - I fell so hard that my jeans ripped and I had blood pouring down my leg, soaking my socks. Later I found shards of glass (and a lot of gravel) in my knee, where the wound was. I have no idea how the glass got there. Anyway, it sounds very dramatic, and it kind of was! It adds a great story; I would still definitely do it again... it was amazing. Hopefully the weather won't be so unpredictable next year, if we do this again.

*The last hour on Sunday morning before I left

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Photos

natural (fizzy!) mineral water
That was so cool.

Comments

[Ashley]

Hello Elli!!
Hi!! The pictures are really fun!I'm happy to see again the conselors(Jonnhy) Really I hope to see all of conselor next year!! Bye!! ashley