Thursday was more of a work day for the kids. In the morning, they did a mapping activity from their hike, and while they did that, I graded all their castle sketches. Some were really impressive. Then in the afternoon, they had to spend a good hour working on English, which was to write a creative short story set in the 1400's in or around the Bellinzona castles. I was in charge of grading those, too, and it was actually really fun to read their ideas and see the castles through their eyes.
Finally, they arrived at their play time, and they even managed to get our Principal (top left corner) wet. She was a good sport!
Friday was for cleaning up and driving home, though we did have one FUN stop: a chocolate factory. The all-you-can-eat sample bar was amazing, but the site in this photo was actually quite hard to watch, almost physically painful. They took chocolate bars off the assembly line that didn't make the cut and ... and ... tossed them!!!
I didn't realize SJ snuck into this picture to "milk" the cow till later.
The day was supposed to end with lunch by the lake, at which point we took this group photo. Then we piled into the vans and began the trek northward. Unfortunately, we didn't get very far because one of the vans broke down. (I have no pictures, sadly.) We ended up waiting nearly 4 hours for Roadside assistance, used up all 30 Euros worth of minutes on my phone, and they still hadn't found us. Finally, we left behind one of our leaders and 2 students, squeezed everybody else into the vans that were left, and continued on to BFA. Parents were pretty excited we brought their kids back, even though it was nearly 11 pm by the time we did. And I have to say: I was pretty impressed with the students and their lack of complaining through the whole ordeal as we sat there in the heat just waiting. What a great group of kids!
Organizing parent calling chains
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