Tonight at Waldsee was Pizza Abend.
Eine Waldsee Pizza
Each Haus could call our very own Pizzeria Waldsee and have made-to-order pizzas delivered directly to its door!
Of course, pizza in Germany is a bit…
Today was Concordia Language Villages’ International Day, known affectionately as I-Tag here at Waldsee.
On this day, about 2,000 people join us here at the Waldsee site for a big celebration of CLV. The event is always a great time,…
The Waldsee curriculum is based on a series of open-ended questions of the day (Fragen des Tages) that encourage villagers to engage with others in German right away. We like to think of the curriculum as an “accordion” that expands…
Yesterday, our newest group of two-week villagers — forty-eight in all — arrived at Waldsee. We have been having a great time — and great weather — so far!
Villagers paint their new Namensschilder, or
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Today, our first session of two-week villagers is leaving. We had a great two weeks, learned lots of German, and had a lot of fun!
Pias Klasse
Our four-week credit villagers, however, are just now…
In Germany, it is a tradition to have an Eisbombe, an ice-cream bomb, on birthdays and celebrations.
Yesterday for lunch, we had our very own Eisbomben!
Lekker!
Tonight in Waldsee we learned about the unification of Germany in 1871.
All of the villagers were split up into groups that represented different German Länder (including Bayern, Württemberg, Anhalt, Sachsen and Weimar) and Prussia and Austria.
Riesenkicker
Sundays in Waldsee are a bit different: we get up late, eat Brunch instead of Frühstück, and then we usually have a special schedule. LKTs, or credit villagers, don’t have Unterricht (class), and we…
The credit villagers in Waldsee have four scheduled formal classroom hours per day. In the second, we divide up into electives called Arbeitsgruppen, in which villagers from different classes choose their subject based on interest (and not on language level).…
Every day, the KTs (two-week villagers) and LKTs each have a 45-minute Gesang (singing time). Wir singen gern! (We like to sing!)
Mit der Mütze unter’m Arm
The KTs have Gesang right after breakfast. We…
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