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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Kaffee und Kuchen
Kaffee und Kuchen, or coffee and cake, is a typical German afternoon tradition, especially on Sundays. Last Sunday I had my Intermediate Orchestra kids over for Kaffee und Kuchen. Of course, most of them are a little young to be … Continue reading
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Staff Retreat
Sept. 16-18 was our annual Teacher Retreat. Normally, it’s geared toward teachers with a specific focus in mind, but this year it was open to all staff. Rather than focusing on teaching-specific professional development, the retreat was a jump-start into … Continue reading
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SEW
SEW has nothing to do with needle and thread. It’s one of BFA’s acronyms: Spiritual Emphasis Week. During this time, we have chapel every day with a guest speaker and guest worship leaders. At the end of each session, students … Continue reading
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String Lessons
At the end of last year, I found out that Marit Swanson was going to be coming to BFA. I knew she could help lighten my load a bit, but I was honestly a little worried that she would be … Continue reading
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Budenfest 2011
Budenfest is Kandern’s annual food stand festival. The BFA community and the German community both look forward to this 4-day event as good food and drink abound. See my posts from 2009 and 2010 for more info about Budenfest. On … Continue reading
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Halbmarathon
You may remember that last year I ran the Basel marathon. I’m not much of a racer; normally I just like to run long distances. The marathon was my way of officially marking that I had covered the distance of … Continue reading
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Emily’s Birthday
My roommate Emily had her birthday a week and a half ago, so this is just a very late blog post about it. A couple weeks before her birthday, Emily jokingly mentioned that she celebrates her birthday for an extended … Continue reading
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In-coming Instruments & Castle Camping
This week, Marit and I drove into Switzerland to pick up our rental string instruments. We crammed 5 cellos, 4 violins, and 2 violas into my room! Intermediate Orchestra and Band start tomorrow (Monday). Marit will be teaching the Beginning … Continue reading
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