Spring is here...
...after many late snow falls the blossoms are out and our outdoor Friday activities were a hit. They included Horseback Riding, Tennis Lessons, Tulip Festival at Minter Gardens and much more. Upcoming May events: May is a very busy month at CSLI. We have an auction to raise money for our past teacher Christine who is off to Africa to help a village, an art contest, the Great Debate between our advanced classes, a group of 6 year olds coming to spend the day with our students, a presentation contest about Africa to win a scholarship and much more.
http://csli.com/brochwelcome.htm

Tours and Speakers this month...
The classes were filled with class outings and speakers coming to talk to our classes this month. Outings included: presentations at an elementary school, Urban Fair tour (including tastings), Mountain Equipment tour, Coastal Native art presentation, Presentation by the Seattle Central Community College, Tour of a book store.
http://csli.com/programs/index.html

Black Jack Graduation
The ceremony for April's graduates was filled with great energy, as our lounge was turned into a "Las Vegas Casino" Students played many different games including black jack, craps and much more to win big prizes such as: CSLI T-shirts, telephone cards, CSLI mugs, Canadian souvenirs, cash, bottles of wine and much more. Congratulations to our Student of the Month winner for April: Dirk Grossmann who worked very hard and has also been selected to do his internship at BC Hydro.
http://csli.com/brochawards.htm

Volunteering with Vancouver's Elite
15 of CSLI's students volunteered to work at an event that raised money for Random Acts of Kindness. Over 200 guests were invited to a fun filled night of wine, food, & action. The CSLI students were the big hit however, as most guests found that talking to students from all over the world was the highlight of their night. Thanks to all our hard working students who were: bartenders, waiters, hosts and music dj's for their participation.

CSLI World Cup Winner
to join our Director at World Cup in Korea at a World Cup soccer game. The winner is Martin Zubba. Congratulations Martin and enjoy the game.
http://www.csli.com/worldcup/

It's a boy!
Our Valeria and Jack (one of the many CSLI couples who met and got married at CSLI) finally had their long awaited baby arrive on May 3rd. Christian Castro weighed in at 3.4 kilos and has a full head of hair already. Congratulations to the both of them and Happy Mothers Day too! We also are delighted that Brigitte is back and will be taking over for Val while she is taking care of her baby. . .and after months of searching we've finally found our administrator Jennifer! She had spent some time perfecting her French skills at our partner school in Montreal for a few months. Then she had enough of the cold temperatures and headed down to Mexico to visit some of our past students and work on her tan. She is back at CSLI to co-ordinate the big 10 year reunion at the end of the year.
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Keith's trip to Europe and beyond...
Our Teacher Keith and his wife are off adventuring around Europe on a holiday of their life. Here is their update: We started off in Augsburg, Germany to recuperate from our long journey (including a 2 hour stop on the tracks outside of Nurenburg) at Colin and Marlene's place (college mates). Off we went on our first day of biking in the pouring rain hoping to cycle 80kms. Well...we did it and felt pretty good about it. We spent the next couple of days going about 80kms a day through the rolling hills of Bavaria enjoying the small towns. Everything you can ever imagine about the beauty of the Bavarian hills actually exists. When we reached the Danube River, we headed east to Passau to stay with Anne (Keith's former student). She was a great host and showed us all the great things about her city. It was really wonderful to bike from there into Austria...later that day at the end of a rather long stint we found ourselves going up a steep grade for 5K into a beautiful town on top of a small mountain. We pushed it though & didn't feel so bad when we talked to a German group who had an 85 year old with them who did the same up! The view at the top was incredible...those are the kind of surprises we have to be willing to accept.

Best wishes from your friends at CSLI,

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