Sunday, last day of the Camp

The camp is over! 

Everybody is still very very tired from the party just a couple of hours ago. The participant say goodby to each other with tears in their eyes. At about one o'clock the last participants leaves heading home for Denmark. 

Now the 10 day are gone and everything is over .... until the next. 

It was a lot of fun. I hope you arrived all well back at home.

See you!

Saturday, 10th of the camp

Today is the last day with program. In morning we went to go canoeing on the river Ruhr. It was nearly perfect weather: we had sunshine with about 25°C; not too cold but also not too warm. 

The large snack we got was gone in 5 minutes, even though it was more than enough. Canoeing make you very hungry.

In the evening we had the farewell party together with the host families and some more Lions and Leos. The party did not end until the first of the participants had to leave at 5 o'clock in the morning. So, got very little sleep if any at all. 

No picture yet, let's see what is still on the cameras.

Friday, 9th day of the camp

Today, we went to the see the Tiergehege im Kaisergarten in Oberhausen, which is free, but nonetheless very interesting! 

Afterwards we went to the the Gasometer nearby which looks like very large tin with hight of nearly 120m. Inside there is a large globe. 

 From the top of the Gasometer the globe actually looks quite small. It depends on the point of view!

For lunch we went to the Brauhaus, which is next to the CentrO, where we spent the afternoon shopping.  

In evening, we had a little party to celebrate into the birthday of one of our participants. Like usual we are sitting at the camp and are having fun! 

Thursday, 8th of the camp

Today, we went to the fun fair Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchellen. We stayed the whole day there and had time to drive all rollercoaster and win funny stuff.

At the end we said goodby and we took a group picture. 

Wednesday, 7th day

Today, we spent our day in Herne and Bochum. First we went to the Lago-Therme. Unfortunately we did not take any pictures there, because we feared the combination of water and camera.

Afterwards a quick lunch from the local chinese restaurant

we went to visit the German mining museum in Bochum. As we had a guided tour, we not only learned something but we could also see some of the machine in action. 

We tried to fit into an original Dalbusch rescue bomb invented in the 1950 or 60ies. Now only our small boy were able to fit in. 

Last but not least we went up the winding tower and enjoyed the great view over Bochum.

The day ended with the visit of the musical "Starlight Express" in Bochum. Again a very long and exciting day! 

Tuesday, 6th day

Today we went to Hagen, to the open air museum where you can many different old houses with the handicraft at the time of the house.

We saw blacksmiths, a bakery, a rope factory, many different kind metal crafts and so on.

So we had a lot of fun walking through the park and investigated many of the houses.

 The bakery sold hand made cake: gorgeous!

Monday, 5th day

I didn' t expect that the visit of a large food distributor can be as interesting as ist was. 

Now I know how a ware house worker feels at his working place with -27°C.

The international light art in Unna alone would be worth the travel. The guided tour took nearly 2h, but it did not feel like it at all. Amazing is a polite word for it.

Last but not least we also went to the tennis club "Grün-Weiß-Unna 02", where learned how to play tennis. Finally we had a very nice BBQ even with Chorizos.

The country presentation of Kanada ended in a "ice hockey" match in our common room. Finally there was as usual a camp fire. What a day!

Sunday, 4th day of the camp

After the party we got up around before 9 o'clock; it feels like getting up in the night.

Nevertheless, we are going to Mettmann to visit the Neandertal-Museum there. The guided tour uses earphones which are too large for our ears. 

Afterwards we went to the Hy-Fly which is a trampoline park nearby. Afterwards we are even more tired than in the morning... 

Saturday, 3 day

Wuppertal, in the Engels house, where we learned a lot about weaving. 

Afterwards we explored the overhead railway going all the way through Wuppertal. 

 A steaming rail.

After a very nice lunch with french fries and burger we went to play miniature golf in the "dark".

The welcome party at the evening was great. We had a BBQ and a camp fire, at which we played guitar and sing along with the hole group until 2 in the morning. What a great night (and therefore no great pictures ;-))!