Summer Camp Zell am See, Austria
First Full Day!
The day started off with clouds outside and fresh snow o the highest mountains in the valley. However, the atmosphere inside the camp was nothing but sunny. The campers inside the larger of the two buildings being used by the camp were woken up to the guitar of counselor Ben who was accompanied by counselors, Ian, BJ and Balaz. The campers all got a kick out of the Blink 182 song that was chosen to serenade them on the first day. Some campers were already awake, while others needed a bit more persuading.
The slight shower of rain that fell off an on during the morning did not dampen the mood. The adventure campers were bundled up as the older groups set out on a hike and shelter building excursion and the youngest campers went and worked on team building and high ropes exercises.
The English and German language camps started of by getting to know each other in the designated languages. They worked on name games and the German class wrote a list of rules that were expected to be followed inside the class at all times, which included the all important rule of no texting class.
The film camp began with the basics of making movies. They worked on writing scripts and coming up with three different ideas for their movies that we will all watch at the end of the session.
It had already been a busy morning before we even sat down for lunch!
After lunch we had our first secret friends. It was very funny because four of the counselors dressed up like each other to present the friendly little notes. It went over the heads of most of the campers, but the counselors found it hilarious and the campers did laugh a little.
After lunch the campers all had a large array of activities that they had had a chance to sign up for. The yellows got to chose between badminton, basketball, low ropes and ultimate frisbee. the reds got to sign up for ultimate frisbee, volleyball, zumba, yoga, basketball and football. The blues got the choice between ultimate frisbee, volleyball, zumba, basketball and yoga. They all had a fantastic time at all of the different activities where they learned new skills and got to make lots of new friends in the process.
We had a great dinner of sandwiches which the campers all ate very quickly, after which we did team building activities. The reds and blues hiked down to the soccer field and the yellows went to the gym. They worked and played together for a few hours. They got to know each other while trying to work together towards a common goal.
It was a fantastic first day and all of us are looking forward to the rest of camp!
- Breakfast: Cereal Bar, fresh fruit, cold cuts and vegetables.
- Lunch: Cold starter, Beef Asia with rice, Salad bar and ice cream
- Dinner: Cream Soup, Toast with cheese and ham, Salad bar, fresh fruit
- Subject to change. Vegetarian options always available.
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Latest photos from Zell am See, Austria
- High Ropes
- Hiking
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Zumba
