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The Flimserstein tells its own story: 10,000 years ago, it tumbled into the valley in the largest rockslide the Alps have ever known. A child discovers that the forests, the turquoise lakes, and the grand Rhine Gorge all grew from that one enormous event -- and that even catastrophe can create beauty over thousands of years.
A child follows the turquoise water of Lake Cauma underground through the porous rockslide debris, discovering the hidden springs that feed this mysterious lake with no river in or out. Eighty metres below the forest floor, the underground world reveals how water has been filtering through 10,000 years of rubble to create the jewel of Flims.
On their first rafting trip through the Ruinaulta, a nervous child discovers that the white cliffs tell stories of different geological ages as the raft passes beneath them. Each cliff layer reveals a chapter -- from 250-million-year-old rock to the moment the mountain collapsed just 10,000 years ago, carving this 'Grand Canyon' in a fraction of the time.
A Eurasian swift nesting on the Il Spir viewing platform takes a child on a breathtaking flight through the Rhine Gorge, 400 metres above the river. Together they soar past all seven viewpoints -- from Il Spir to Wackenau -- seeing the canyon from angles no human has ever witnessed, while the swift explains how this gorge was named in its language.
On Switzerland's oldest via ferrata, each of the 27 ladders reveals a different era of Flims history as a child climbs the Flimserstein cliffs. From Bronze Age settlers at the base to the medieval knights of Burg Belmont on the terraces, and the first tourists of 1877 near the summit -- the child ascends 1,010 metres through time itself.
The Yellow House was yellow, then white, but its name never changed. A child exploring the museum discovers that the architect's father hid something in the walls before the renovation -- a collection of Graubunden folk art secrets that only reveal themselves to those who look past colour to see the true story of a place.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands arrives in Flims in 1893 with her mother, and a local child must help prepare the Hotel Waldhaus and the Caumasee bathing establishment for the royal visit. From arranging the first-ever hotel swimming pool to ensuring the emerald lake is sparkling, the child discovers that even queens need a place to rest.
In a village where fewer people speak Romansh each year, a child discovers that the old place names -- Lag la Cauma, Ruinaulta, Crap Sogn Gion -- hold magical powers that only work when spoken in the ancient language. As the last Romansh speakers grow older, the child must keep the words alive to protect the lakes, gorges, and mountains they name.
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