Skautské středisko Povodeň Benátky nad Jizerou

Chronicles

4.6.2004
Intercamp 2004

IC Intercamp, Intercamp is OK...this is the cheer with which we ended up this event in the station of prague tube (subway). However, it was at first sung at the opening ceremony of this four-day event on Saturday morning. But for us, the members of the serviceteam, this event began a few days earlier, on Thursday, 2004/05/27, morning. This was the day when everybody, except for Kraťas, who arrived on Thursday in the evening, set off for the Bor near the Tachov, where this international event took place. According to the plan, we were to be cluttered up with a lot of things to do. No wonder we were a little bit surprised finding out that our activity, prusik´s knot, was already built and that we had no work to do. The chief of the Ticket Activities, Káča, nicely acquitted herself and for the rest of the day we regreted that we did not hide anywhere, because there was really a lot to be done. On the Saturday morning, after already mentioned "opening ceremony", each international team (with approximately 12 members + their leader) set forth the prepared activities. The only thing I can add, is just to say that this was quite a teaser. When passing over in silence the language barrier, I am thinking of the sun, from which there was nowhere to hide. On the other hand the expressions of the children´s faces when they finally learned how to make crinoline (with lasso) or when they climbed up the rope using the prusik´s knot (to the height of 5 metres), was satisfactory enough. This was the way in which the Saturday and Sunday passed over, of course with evening programmes e. g. the concert on Saturday evening, which was superb, Celtic dances and chivalry fights. And suddenly came the time to tear down all the things that we built and to bring the place we stayed in to the conditions in which it was when we arrived. This demolition was begun with the climbing wall on Sunday evening and the works went on on the whole of Monday. When it seemed as there was nothing else to do, there came the time for the promised barbecue. I do not know how the others, but I was really looking forward for it, and that is why I was so "unhappy" when, after an hour of the rest, we were forced to work again. The planned time of leaving was changed from 8 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., nevertheless the journey was pleasant and it passed quite quickly, which was probably caused by the sleep that defeated most of us. After the arrival to Prague, we just said goodbye and went to the station of the tube. This takes us back to the beginning of this recursive article. At the very end of this article I´d like to say, except for that I liked Intercamp very much and that even more I miss all the people, just this:

IC Intercamp, Intercamp was OK

IC Intercamp, Intercamp was OK

IC Intercamp, Intercamp was OK

IC Intercamp, Intercamp was OK

Kráťa, translated by Tawi