Barbara's travels continue 2018

As expected, my Blog- writing days ground to a halt as the camp started, with 180 children, 6 to 16 years of age, and with 35 nationalities. Despite having Marco to assist me with the coordination, we were still kept unbelievably busy, with only occasional afternoons free to explore this gorgeous valley. My first walk was only to the next village, but it afforded wonderful views of our home and workplace for four weeks. The Lyceum Alpinum. What a majestic building, and our accommodation is in the brand new rooms in the building closest to me! They have done such a good job adding on to the old school..  The spring flowers in the meadows are spectacular, as is the Maloja Snake, the fog early in the morning which winds its wispy way through the valley from the Maloja Pass. The first three days of camp were chilly, but it was fabulous to open tge curtains in the morning to see the snow- covered peaks. This view from my bedroom was simply breathtaking! Summertime is festival and market tim

Time plays such funny tricks on the  mind. It seems only yesterday  that I was standing by the beautiful Pfaeffikersee, admiring the magnificent pastel colours of the water and dreaming of the happy years spent only minutes away from this masterpiece of nature and yet it was a week ago! With its stunning backdrop of mountains , and its unspoilt banks, the lake is just so refreshing and restful. How incredible to spend the evening with friends, only metres away from such breathtaking scenery, watching one of my all- time favourite movies, Bohemian Rhapsody, in the open air, on a lovely balmy night with a perfectly clear and starry sky. The big screen, the volume of the music, the night and the lake all added up to a very special evening. Hours later, it was time to pack and head south to Madulain, for me down because it is south, but to the Swiss up because it is 1700m above sea level! It doesn't matter how many times I do this trip, I am always so thrilled as we come out of the Ve