From 1929 to 1931, Rachmaninoff spent his summers in France at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines near Rambouillet, meeting with fellow Russian émigrés and his daughters. By 1930, his desire to compose had returned and sought a new location to write new pieces. He bought a plot of land in Switzerland near Hertenstein, Lucerne and oversaw the construction of his new home, naming it Villa Senar after the first two letters of his and his wife's name, adding the "r" from the family name. Rachmaninoff would spend the summer at Villa Senar until 1939, often with his daughters and grandchildren, with whom he would partake in one of his favourite activities, driving his motorboat on Lake Lucerne. In the comfort of his own villa, Rachmaninoff completed his "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" in 1934 and Symphony in 1936.