Michael's back! After a thrilling week at Lausanne's alpine camp site - used consecutive weeks all year round by the city's schools - M commenced the homestretch of the academic year.
The stated pedagogic purpose was to engage the teacher-student relationship by moving the class from its urban/home framework to an independent, mountain schoolhouse; in today's parlance, forming community.
I Agrarianism is virtually a national heritage issue for the Swiss; spending time with cows, & hiking all helping to anchor a character trait.
I Agrarianism is virtually a national heritage issue for the Swiss; spending time with cows, & hiking all helping to anchor a character trait.
Along with dairy cows moving up the mountain to greener pastures in the spring - a favorite motif of folk decoupage - 
narcissus, a regional highlight of Montreux/Vevey in May.
BTW, this posting's photos are all by Michael! 
Two 5 hour hikes! 
Including a visit to a lumberyard to see the preservation of chalet architecture.
And these magnificent huskies, which were friends for the week, pulling sleds for rides. That's half of Michael's head! There was snow higher up, allowing daily toboggan runs.
Leon became a close friend, too.
The campfire, which the kids got to make, roasting hot dogs, cooking beans, roasting marshmallows (popular now here)
and making their own pizzas in a wood-fired oven.
A bite removed.
Honeybees.
We were both so excited when we got our first calls from Michael, 5 days into the trip. He was excited, too - "feels like just one day" - but were glad he wanted to share it. He began calling all the time.
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