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The sprawling estate was rebuilt in [[1954]]. Kerry and his parents would often spend the summer holidays there. Kerry occupied his time there racing his cousins on bicycles and challenging relatives to games of [[kick the can]]. During these summers, he became good friends with his first cousin [[Brice Lalonde]], a future [[French Socialist Party|Socialist]] and [[French Green Party|Green Party]] leader in France who ran for [[president of France]] in [[1981]].

Because Kerry's family moved often, he attended several schools as a child. Many years later, he said that "to my chagrin, and everlasting damnation, I was always moving on and saying goodbye. It kind of had an effect on you. It steeled you. There wasn't a lot of permanence and roots. For kids, [that's] not the greatest thing." At an early age he attended [[St. Albans School]] in Washington D.C. He then went to a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[boarding school]] at age 11 while his family lived in [[Berlin]]. When he visited home, he biked around the city, exploring the ruins of the former [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] capital, and even sneaking into the [[East Berlin|Soviet Sector]], until his father found out and grounded him. As a boy, Kerry often spent time alone. He biked through [[France]], took a ferry from [[Norway]] to [[England]], and one time camped alone in [[Sherwood Forest]]. While attending the boarding school, Kerry saw the film ''[[Scaramouche]]''. He later named his powerboat after the title character.

===Boarding school (1957-1962)===