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The French village of Cordes in the Tarn area made a lasting impression on me. As I remember, the village had started out by the riverside in the narrow valley. The old little town was sometimes flooded and was therefore moved up the hillside. This resulted in a fascinating gathering of houses climbing up the steep hill. So, I want to show you some…
Some years back I joined my CISV-friends in Ambialet in France. During the stay we went o the ancient town of Cordes, I was fascinated by the buildings in this town.
I found this cat in a window somewhere in the Tarn area in France.
I am trying to figure out how I can show all my CISV images. I have several hundreds! I have been looking for the pictures I took at our first reunion, in Denmark 1991, and fortunately found them today. I am only going to show you one, with Pernille and Doris. I hope that CISV Alumni will find a way to spread my images…
Drøbak is a gem not far from Oslo. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side this time, with some rain every day. But armed with raincoats and umbrellas, the veteran CICVers went for a walk every day. Sometimes on very narrow paths between the beautiful, small houses.
In Cincinnati 1951, we were introduced to something called “children’s meeting”. All the children were gathered, and anyone could say their opinion on anything in the village life. And we who were there, and still meet, have kept up the tradition, only we don’t pretend to be children any more. So just “meeting”. At the reunion in Norway this summer there were two topics….
I caught three of the English 1951 delegation outside the hotel in Drøbak. Anne Perrett, Peter McKay and Colleen Hayes, 68 years after the were in the first village in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The spirit is alive!
On Saturday we visited Oscarsborg, the old fort outside Drøbak. When Norway was attacked on April 9th 1940, this fort played a role. Oscarsborg is a historic site, best known for sinking the German warship Blücher before it reached Oslo. We had a nice dinner together inside the fort the last day of our reunion.
In front Pernille, Denmark) and Kari, Norway. Standing from left Stein, Norway, Hanne Løge, todays president of CISV Norway, Anne, England, Ingvild, Norway, Collette, England, Julie, USA/Sweden and Jan Yngvar, Norway. Second row Robert, France, Sven-Ivan, Sweden, Ann-Charlotte, Sweden, Raymond, Norway, Peter, England and Søren, Denmark. (Aasa, Steins wife, took the picture).
CISV, Childrens International Summer Villages, is an organisation working for peace through its program with gathering children aged 11 in summer camps. The organisation was started in 1951 by Doris Allen and she managed the very first camp in Cincinnati in Ohio, USA. Children from 9 nations, USA, Mexico, Denmark, Germany, Austria, England, France, Sweden and Norway lived together for four weeks. Bare…
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