Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Making New Friends

I think this weekend was amaaaaaazing because we could meet another people that maybe we knew just their face and we could all learn about different personalities, thoughts, lifes, and a lot of different things. Perhaps a person is not just a face, is more than these, and I learned that this weekend, so I’m so happy.

Thank you a lot for that!

I want to see you again!

The Food in the Camp

The food in the camp is excellent. We all had three meals a day and each meal was a typical one from an English speaking country.

From fried chicken, sweet corn sauce, and potatoes, a typical food from the south of North America for lunch, to Sheperd’s pie and pears and custard from England for dinner. And that were only the meals from one day!

On Saturday, we had pancakes with maple syrup, toast with jam and butter, coffee, tea or milk a typical American breakfast. At lunch time baked potatoes with minced meat and apple crumble for dessert.

At dinner the dish consisted of Guiness stew and cheese cake, typical in Ireland.

Finally, the last day, we had a big English breakfast, the most expected one! Bacon and eggs, toast, tomatoes, tea and coffee for all of us. At lunch hamburgers and banoffee, a very typical American food.

I should also say that every night before we go to bed the counsellors gave us amazing hot chocolate and delicious cakes so that was a great thing about the camp.

To sum up, I think the food was perfect and at the time were meeting new people we were learning about the culture and the customs of other countries. In England, for example, they have only three meals a day and dinner is at 7:30 which I thought it was very strange as in my country we are used to having dinner at nine or ten. But, it was a great experience and I really enjoy it.

Tomy's Birthday

Well, it’s a windy day, but I’m happy because I can drive next Thursday. I’m not going to school because I’ll do the driving test and I’m going to pass the exam – those are the words that Tomy said, whose 17th birthday it is today.

Today is my cousin’s birthday. I’m really happy because I grew up at his side. I love him and I wish him the best. It’s a fabulous stay the whole weekend with him because I enjoy a lot being with him.

By: Josefina Schmidt

La Nancy

The place is almost the same thing that I had in mind, I thought that it’d be bigger, but I don’t care about that actually. I think I having fun, and I don’t know how much more to say about that. Yo, another thing, the people are great and also very kind. Just that. Best wishes,

Santiago

A Different Weekend, Having Fun and Making New Friends

First impression:

Arriving to a place that you don’t know is something strange, and if yo know that you need to speak just another language all the weekend, knowing other students and staying with natives from different countries with different accents, culture and different lives, it makes you nervous. But the thing is that it is an amazing opportunity where you can practice and review what you have learned = have fun, love, friendship, respect, honesty, and especially make real your dreams and catch all the opportunites you can.

Interview with Florencia (teacher):

I totally agree with your first impression description. I always get nervous before starting something new. But that’s how life works. You learn through experience.

My first impression:

When I arrived I was happy to be here and I got nervous because I didn’t know if I was going to understand the counsellors and the other guys. But then, it was ok. The house is great and big, so my first impression was great beyond I got nervous before starting this experience. Thanks for all!

Spy Camp

This year, La Nancy brought to us an interesting topic to discover the spy world. In which we have to place themselves in the skin of a spy.

How can we do it? The aim is to find a terrorist that have escaped from the most dangerous spy’s film. The point is “trust no one” because the terrorist is part of us, everyone is a suspect, so pay attention!

It is a mission that not everybody can do. It needs bravery and no fears. Look out! Just trust in yourself, it’s the only way out!

The challenge will be difficult and definitely you’ll feel affected, you must become stronger and overcome all your difficulties.

Good luck and be careful!

By: Ro Agostino

Finding the Terrorist

How can we do it? It’s the question that everyone asked when we arrived and knew the mission. In the next three days, a secret message will be given and we have to find it out through a secret code. The message communicates to us the place where one of the counsellors is hiding. As soon as you meet him/her, two clues will be given to us and we have to invent two facts, but they must be a lie.

All the moment of meeting all together at lunch area, one of each group has to read the four facts, but without saying which is the true and which is false – this is the job for the other groups.

The last day, we’ll make an auction where clues will be sold, and the crystals that have been given will be used to buy them. Crystals have been given for speaking English, having an interesting conversation with the counsellors, helping at lunch and dinner time, or just for doing something that helps us to improve the handling of th elanguage or spening a really funny weekend.

I hope the terrorist can be discovered and Interpol will be thankful for your job.