Partners on holidays (contd.) !!

Mahima - "Mystical Venice, Easter trip"

Mahima - "With Suchir at Barcelona"

Tatiana - "With Denis, Alex, Fabiana, Jose and Mariella. The Brazilian gang at Istanbul"

Isabella - "With Corinne and Camille. The little family enjoying life in Cannes, South of France"

Isabella - "Cannes, South of France"

Aude - "Alicia at Saint Gervais during Easter holidays"

Aude - "With Benoit at Les diablerets ski resort"

Angie - "Stelios and Nikos discovering skiing in Chamonix, France"

Partners on holidays !!

After three grueling months at the school, the participants finally got two long weekends in March and April. We partners were delighted to get out of the IMD bubble, if only for a few days, and spend sometime with our families. 

Below are some pictures from our various vacations over the two weekends -

Patricia - "Beautiful Interlaken - Awesome Alps views"

Patricia - "With Kelly. Chateaux hopping - Easter trip"

Swati - "With Prashant at Kleine Scheidegg, in Jungfraujoch region, Switzerland."

Beate - "With Peter. View of the town Locarno at Lago Maggiore"

Angie - "With Stelios and Nikos in Annecy -France"

Swati - "View of Lake Como, Italy and the Swiss Alps."

Anita - "In Gstaad, Switzerland, during my 1st time ever skiing experience."

Kelly - "With Henry, Patricia and Bruno at Loire Valley in France. Perfecting our 4-person own-made shot in the Loire Valley."

Angela - "With Andres and David at the Edelweiss Restaurant in Geneva. We'd spent the day exploring some of the parks and botanical gardens and ended up here for dinner."

Life in Switzerland from a Two Year old's perspective

- David Akamine

Dear blog reader,  

My name is David.  I am 2.  I live in Switzerland.  I learn English and Spanish.  I don’t speak French.   My Daddy is Andresito.  He is from Peru.  My Mommy is Angela. She is from U.S.  My old house is in Houston.  My friends live in Houston.  I went on a big plane to come to my new house.  Now I live in Switzerland. 

My Daddy studies at school.  Some days I am a big boy and I go to school with Daddy. I like my school (the IMD Kindergarten).  When Daddy comes home, I tell him about my day.  Sometimes I see his friends.  They are nice.  My friends are in Houston.  They can’t come to my new house.   Mommy’s new friends are fun.  I have new friends.  Our new friends come to our house.  We play and run. 

I like to tell people about my life.  Sometimes my Mommy has to help me so they understand.  I will tell you about Switzerland and Mommy can help me… 

To Daddy: Last night (a day during the Easter break) Mommy was eating with the girls.  I went to my school.  I bang on the door.  “Christelle, it’s David.  Let me in.  I want to come in.  Please, it’s me, David.  I want to come.” Mommy found me.  Mommy told me they were not there.  I have to wait ‘til after Easter...  

To one of the MBA students who asked him how he was: I fell at school and I had to go to the hospital.  I got an ‘owie’.  I had three stitches.  The Doctor gave me a card (a certificate).  I have to put cream on my eye to make it better.  It hurts sometimes.  Now it is better. 

To one of the partners: Last night Walid (an MBA student) took me to school.  We had breakfast.  I am Mr. Chocolate.  Walid gave me chocolate milk and chocolate croissant.  . . . Mommy, Is it Sunday?  I can have chocolate milk on Sunday, can’t I? 

At the check-out counter at Migros: Mommy, when I am big, I can have the candy.   

To some of the partners who were babysitting him: The curtains came from Germany.  I went skiing.  I am a good skier.  My Tio(uncle) Shige lives in Germany.  There is a playground at his house.  I can play at his park.   

To Aunt Crystal in the U.S.: My mommy goes to school some days.  She learns French.  Some days the girls (the other partners) come play with me.  Judy made me birds.  We have fun.  Sometimes I go play with them at school. . . . Mommy, where are my books from Kelly?  Some days I go with Miss Marianne to see the girls.  We have birthday parties. 

To Daddy, after our Easter-egg decorating morning with the partners: There were plastic eggs filled with carrots, peanuts and strawberries and we had an egg hunt for the two kids: Daddy, look what we made.  The girls came.  We made eggs.  I colored this one.  Mommy, what’s her name, who helped me? . . Natalie.  Natalie colored it for David and Daddy.  It has your name.  We look for eggs.  My chocolate melted.  The eggs had peanuts in them. I ate all the carrots. Nikos and David find the eggs.  We played bubbles.  We ran. 

To Daddy, after our outing to the Tulip Festival: Daddy, today we went out with the girls.  I play with Nikos.  We went on the boat.  We went to see the tulips.  There were red and yellow tulips.  They were big.  I had ice cream.  I share with Styopa.  I share my car with Styopa.  I was a good boy.  I didn’t cry.  I play with the girls and I was obedient.  I threwed big rock into the water.  It made a big splash.   

 

I like my new home and my new friends.    

 

Good-bye, Blog Reader!