LENKtastic II - 6th day

After our long casino night yesterday, the whole camp seemed to be dead the next morning. However, after hearing “call me maybe” for the 6^th time even the last boys were annoyed enough to wake up. Afterwards, we had a good nutritious breakfast and were informed of our program.

In the morning we had a session of our chosen sport programs. As our group only consists of ball sports we can only report of these events. To warm up we played one of the most complicated games of catching we ever experienced. Then we played some volleyball, danced hip hop and had a good time generally.

When we came home we ate lunch and prepared ourselves mentally for the next stage: Alp Wrestling. There we also met up with the biking group again. Then we travelled to St. Stephan to meet up with a professional, who would teach us how to “Schwingen” (wrestle). There we were divided into 2 groups the wrestling and the ones who played cards. The card players had a very one-sided game due to magical circumstances which helped the one side to play much better than the other. When the climbers joined our group we card players joined them to wrestle. There we were shown some techniques to throw our opponent down and we were destroyed by the professional who beat us easily. Nevertheless we got to wrestle and had a few good matches.

Then we went home for supper where we all wanted to shower because we were so dirty due to the wrestling. However for dinner we had a feast for the 1^st August, the national holiday of Switzerland. We had Raclette and an awesome bread and now we are about to go fire some fireworks. Hope we have fun.

LENKtastic II - 5th day

Cheesefactory

Today we went to a cheesefactory that was situated high up on a mountain. There we saw how cheese is really made. We followed our guide when he was stirring in a big bowl of cheese-water and later he took out the cheese and put it into forms. We got to eat alot of different types of cheese that was produced at the factory and they were so delicious! We also got to taste fresh milk from the cows at the factory.

Later the boys went up to the top of a big mountain and Martin, who wanted to walk fast reached it as the last. When we came back the factory and we wanted to go down the ”city” fast  so that we could go to the pool but unfortunately we went into the wrong direction a couple of times and reached the camp about one and a half later than we had planned... 

Biking

Our group, composed of five camp participants and a leader, set of for Speiz at 09:30 on this summer morning.

After a quick lunch break near a river in the forest, the group finally arrived at destination, exhausted after a four hour trip, but very happy. Thier efforts were rewared by a short visit to Spielz’s castlefollowed  by a dip in the lake of Thun and in the local swimming pool. One hour oft rain-riding later, we were back at Lenk.

Rope Park

Early in the morning we took the train to Zweisimmen and we hiked to the rope park. Since we didn’t know how to use all the gear they gave to us, a strong looking woman taught us how to do so. Then we had to practice our newly gotten knowledge on a baby rope (!), but that was just a little anticipation of what we would get later. They had courses for all kind of people: small ones, big ones, long ones, short ones, and even one that was pretty much all zip-lines.









After a couple of them we ate lunch and headed to the swimming pool, where we played volleyball (on actual sand!), football, went down a big slide and jumped off a diving board. As you may or may not have seen, we had lots and lots of fun. :-)

LENKtastic II - 4th day

Hiking:

The trip of the Hiking group was about 5 hours long and took them to a place called “The Seven Fountains of the Simmental”. The weather was great, there was plenty of sun all day and luckily no one got sunburned. The group stopped at an impressive waterfall for lunch and some of them had a quick bath in the river while the others were taking a short nap. Mario and Ahmed brought their speakers so everyone could listen to music while hiking. One of the hikers was shocked to discover that the cow fences are electric.  The hike was the perfect way to spend the day but the rooftops of Lenk were a welcome sight for the footsore campers.

Biking:

The biking group started their trip with a really easy route on flat land after which they spent two hours riding up a steep mountain. On the way up they took a shower in the waterfall. Eventually they reached the “Seven Fountains” where they took lunch and ran into the hiking group. The bikers continued their journey up another mountain where they rested before starting their way down. While going downhill the group was submitted to four near death experiences, where bikers were sent tipping off the path. After this terrifying ordeal they descended the mountain at full speed in just 30 minutes arriving home intact.   

LENKtastic II - 1th day

Some arrived on time others were very late. On arrival people became friends and explored the camp around. At night we ate and then played some ice breakers, towards bed we heard the party down the hill that continued on into the night that kept some up all night.

Around 3 am their was a constant barrage of firecrackers.

Around 7 I had to get up to start kitchen duty and start the buffet of food. Girls got up earlier to try to fix their hair, after the wonderful breakfast we waited for the oLENKic games in anticipation.

Tuesday

We had an early start today, waking up to have breakfast at 7:00. We did similar activities as we did yesterday. First, we went back up the mountain to continue to clear the paths so that others may enjoy the beautiful Saas Balen Alps. In the afternoon we changed our location to closer to the house but still cut and carried trees near the river. After a hard day’s work, we played a friendly game of all camp soccer on the local field. Despite the rain, we still had fun and all enjoyed the intense but exciting match. We loved the delicious food and were excited to break dance!

Break dance… ->

Thursday

It was a beautiful, sunny day in Saas Balen. Today we worked on top of the mountain, making the trails wider. We made friends with a goat who we named Jolene, who tried to eat our hair. After escaping Jolene (who later followed us), half of our group cut a path for a river through the fields. The other half of our group continued enlarging the pathways to control the waterways. On the way back home some of us rode on the back of a truck, while others stuck with the fire van. Since we were muddy and smelled like goat, we took a quick shower in the cold waterfall by the village.

Monday

It all started as a cloudy morning on the first day of camp. After an hour of delay, we finally got to work on the wonderful Swiss trails. But first, to get to those pathways, we rode in a firefighter truck. We cleared the roads of all debris, and made it safer for travel. This was done by the use of tools and a bit of teamwork. After three hours of hard work, we traveled back to the house for a delicious lunch of soup and an assortment of cheeses and meats. Once we were full, the leaders set us back to work on the roads. We were happy to help maintain the two separate ecosystems in both the forest and the valley. Tonight will be filled with much excitement like bracelet making and bonding. 

Mini-Carver und echte Olympiade Medaille

Heute war es am Morgen sehr neblig. Der Vorteil war, dass es dadurch wenig Leute auf der Piste hatte. Wir durften heute Freestyle-Skis fahren. Das sind die ganz kurzen Skis. Wenn man zu schnell fuhr, wackelten die Skis ganz fest. Es hat riesigen Spass gemacht. Wir fuhren Walzer, haben Schlangenlinien gefahren und sind viel hingefallen. :) Niklas, 10 Jahre.

Heute haben wir Mini-Carver getestet. Mit den Mini-Carvern kann man besser ganz kleine Kurven machen, als mit den langen Skis. Am Nachmittag hellte das Wetter ein bisschen auf und wir machten eine Schnee-Olympiade. Es gab verschiedene Posten und wir mussten z.B. Fragen beantworten oder einen Schneehasen bauen usw! Piera Luna, 12 Jahre.

Das Wetter war schlecht, doch dies hat meiner Stimmung nicht geschadet. Ich habe heute zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben sechs Walzer hingekriegt. Juhui! Sergei Aschwanden (ein richtiger Olympionike) hat uns besucht, von seinem Leben erzählt und Autogramme gegeben. Er hat uns zur Party von den Judoka eingeladen. Ich werde vielleicht hingehen. Nikolas, 14 Jahre.

Gestern sind wir nicht Ski gefahren, da das Wetter nicht so gut war und es die ganze Zeit geschneit hat, am Morgen durften wir länger schlafen und danach haben wir dann ein Tischtennisturnier veranstaltet, ein Teil der Gruppe ist nach Brig zum shoppen gefahren. Nach dem Turnier haben wir etwas zu Mittag gegessen. In the evening we went swimming and the others played Squash. After that we went on with a party and bowling. Late that day we went to bed because we needed to get up at 7:00.

By Buenos Moritz

Ayer el tiempo era tan malo que daniel decidio que no fueramos a las pistas y fuimos a brig de tiendas, no es una ciudad muy bonita pero compre regalos para mis amigas. Hoy si fuimos a las pistas y mejore mucho mis curbas y aprendi un truco, fue un buen dia.

Martina

Mittwoch, 11.4.2011

Nikolas, Stipe und Daniel beim Pinpongtunier... 

Mittwoch, 11.4.2012

Yael: 

Leider war das Wetter heute so schlecht dass wir nicht Skifahren konnten. Stattdessen konnten wir entweder auf Brig oder an einem Pingpong- Turnier teilnehmen. In Brig durften wir zweieinhalb Stunden lang einkaufen oder Sehenswürdigkeiten besichtigen. Als wir wieder zurückkamen gab es ein grosses Unihockeyturnier. Nach dem Turnier konnten wir wählen zwischen Squash und Schwimmen entscheiden. Im Hallenbad spielten wir Wasser-Volleyball. Die Jungs sprangen mit mehr oder weniger beeindruckenden Sprüngen vom Sprungbrett. Unsere Köchin zauberte uns ein hervorragendes karibisches Essen und wurde mit einem Präsentkorb belohnt.

Mittwoch, 11.4.2012

Florian:

So yesterday they anounced that we were not going to ski today so they told us we could chose between going to brig and  staying home to play pingpong, i decided to go to brig.

In brig there was really cold, i just walked around with my group and saw many things  i buyed some new headphones. In the afternoon we played hockey and me and my team won,  then we played squash and went to dinner. They announced that tomorow we are going to see a movie....

Mittwoch, 11. April 2012

Ashraf: 

Unfortuntely, I woke up early today as my roommates snore and one of my roommates has a most pronounced inclination towards drinking 1.5 litres of water every morning, making noises like a water buffalo. After eating breakfast, I discovered that I was unable to pursue my activity of choice, as it was even snowing in the valley, instead we were allowed to go to the nearby city of Brigue. I visited a graveyard and a castle, then I returned and we played a hockey tournament, which I won. The food is good, the activities are good, please join the aso camps.

Mittwoch, 11. April 2012

Timothy: 

The day started like every other day. We woke up at 7:30 and at 8 o clock we had breakfast. The weather was not good enough for us to hit the slope, so we chilled at the house, where we had a legit pingpong tournament. My friend, Nikolas got three pirate points, but I didn’t get the three points, in fact I only got one point. We went to the supermarket and we saw a funny billboard which we spent 23 minutes and 27 seconds laughing about.

Dienstag, 10.4.2012

Hola, mi nombre es Martina y soy de España. Este no es mi primer campamento de la ASO yo fui también a uno en navidad. Y como me gusto, volví a venir este año. Este año ya se montar en snow y es mucho más divertido y aunque no me communica muy bien porque solo habla español, me llevo muy bien con los demás chicos. 

Dienstag, 10.4.2012

Dienstag, 10.4.2012

Ich bin Moritz. Man nennt mich auch kurz nur Buenos Moritz. Wie dem auch sei,

Wir sind heute Morgen später aufgestanden als normal und dann haben wir uns fertig gemacht und sind dann mit Gondel zur Bettmeralp. Der Schnee heute Morgen war super und die Sonne hat geschienen wir hatten sehr viel Spass, da wir in Gruppen nach können  aufgeteilt wurden und ich so  mit anderen auf meinem Niveau fahren konnte. Am Nachmittag haben wir noch Tischtennis gespielt und hatten ein schönen Ausklang des Tages bis es etwas zu essen gab, das Essen hier ist sehr gut. 

Tag 2

Piera Luna:

Wir waren heute auf der Piste. Ich fuhr Ski. Zuerst auf der kleinen Piste, dann auf der grossen Piste. Nach dem Mittagessen ging ich wieder auf die kleine. Das tolle an dem Tag war das schöne Wetter und das Klettern nach dem Ski fahren. Ich fand es super.

Niklas:

Zuerst sind wir mit der Gondel zum Eggishorn, dann konnten wir uns aussuchen ob wir zur Riederalp oder ob wir wieder zur Fiescheralp wollten. Wir gingen dann wieder zur Fiescheralp. Zum Mittagessen hab ich mein Lunchpaket gegessen darin war enthalten: ein Sandwich, ein Apfel und ein Twix. Das Schöne am Tag war das schöne Wetter und die Piste war besser als am Vortag.

Nikolas:

Ich fuhr zuerst mit der Gondel nach oben dann lernte ich mit Matthias und Daria das Snowboard fahren. Ich habe meine Ziele die ich am Vortag erreichen wollte erreicht. Das Camp hat mir die Kraft genommen und erlaubt mir nicht einmal zu schlafen . Bis jetzt lief alles super und meine Zimmer Mitbewohner sind auch ganz ok. Gute Nacht !

Here at the vacation camps of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, we are offered a plethora of activities to engage in. The day is divided into two fundamental sections, the morning session and the evening session, for each one we are entitled to the selection of our desired activity according to our personal preferences and proclivities (Ashraf). We have a lot of freedom in here, but there are still some rules too. The rooms are really good too we need to get up early because we do a lot of things in a day. We got a TV but we can’t use it. There is no internet, no sun, we are cold I burned my mouth eating and they threw toilet-paper over a car (Florian). It was so much fun taking the gondola to the top of the mountain, the sun shined and the ski slopes were pimped up, after skiing we went to the inside hall where we played football, today we had curry and it was good (Tim). Kaum eingeschlafen mussten wir schon wieder aufstehen und mit der ganzen Skiausrüstung zur Talstation gehen. Am Morgen ist mir das Gesicht beinahe eingefroren aber am Nachmittag kam die Sonne. es war ein schöner Tag (Yael).

Wintercamp Wengen, 1.3.2012

Today was beautiful weather once again! The snowboarders and one skier all went up to Grindelwald for the morning. It was so hot, it inspired us to go in our swimsuits for tomorrow. We’ll see what happens ;). Lots of us made so much progress, especially with the jumps and half pipe. After a warm sunny morning of snow-sports, we all visited the spa and sauna to relax our exhausted bodies after a fantastic week of snowboarding.