Today we had a great time at International Day! Waldsee welcomed over 2000 guests from the other villages and the public for a wonderful day of language, culture, food, and fun! There was a lot of Tanzen (dancing), Singen (singing),…
Hallo! After the end of the first week at Waldsee, we are ready to post the first journal entries from Isi’s class. More will follow so check back with us every few days to find out what they are up…
On Wednesday July 22 the whole village celebrated a Maifest as typically might be found in small Austrian towns. The party started with our very own Maibaum, a tree that is decorated and placed prominently on the village Marktplatz to…
On Monday, July 20 we welcomed a new session of new villagers, including many who are involved in our high school credit program. This year credit villagers can choose to become Lehrlinge, or apprentices working on projects for the Waldsee…
Here’s the second part of Waldsee’s two-part Seifenoper (soap opera) that was written and performed by one of the credit villager AGs (clubs). Click here to view the first part if you missed it. Viel Spaß!
One of the most exciting element of the Waldsee credit program curriculum is the two-week cultural clubs (die AGs). Each villager selects two different club activities during the four-week credit program – things like Bogenschiessen (archery), Fussballtraining (soccer training), Backen…
This past Sunday we hosted the “Swiss Olympics”! The villagers competed in a variety of Swiss games, like Hornussen (a Swiss game that is a sort of cross between baseball and golf), Kirschsteinspucken (spitting cherry pits), and Schwingen (a Swiss…
At Waldsee, the credit villagers participate in two-week Arbeitsgruppen, which are class hours based on a particular theme.
In these two weeks, one of the Arbeitsgruppen (AGs) was Swing Tanzen. In addition to learning several types of swing dancing, villagers…
Following the post-World War II division of Germany among the Allies and the Soviet Union, Berlin was essentially divided down the middle into East and West Berlin. Although West Berlin was controlled by the Allies, it was surrounded by Soviet-controlled…
Dancing is a big part of German — and Waldsee — culture! Here in Waldsee, we do lots of dancing — dancing at the Disko on Friday or Saturday night, Reientänze (line dances — particularly the ones made for I-Day…
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