Tuesday.......... 19.08.2014.

DAY SIXTEEN! 

Tuesday was a day without workshops, but very exciting. We visited one of the most beautiful cities in Germany – Koln. Before we got there we went to a Museum of German History and went back in time to the end of the II World War. After a wonderful tour, all of us got on a train and unbelievably fast, we were in Koln.

When we got out of the station, we were in front of one of the biggest Cathedrals in Germany – Kolner Dom. The rain was falling, but that didn’t stop us from running all around the city central to see as much as we can. One of the prettiest things we could see was the Hohenzollernbrucke. It is a lovely bridge with lots of locks on it. You cannot see the fence that separates the trains passing by and people walking above the Rhein.

While you were walking on the main pedestrian zone, you could see all of us Campus15 kids running around with bags, lots of German sweets and souvenirs. It was very sad for us when we had to come back to the Cathedral and get a train to go back to the Malteserhof. No one wanted to leave yet. There were a lot of things we wanted to do in this amazing city that had a lot of things to offer.  Some participants kind of succeeded at doing that… They fell asleep on the train going back home, then one of the teamers went back to get them on the next station.

After the big adventure, we had a meeting with Mr. Hubert, explaining the Reunion concept. We had to write down where we want the reunion to be, which topics would we want to discuss and would we like to participate again.

The majority wanted the reunion state to be Poland. We will see what comes next.

Monday! 18.08.2014.

DAY FIFTEEN! 

This morning we had a presentation from a woman who is involved with the European Union. She told us about its' history and we had an opportunity to ask questions about it. It was very pleasing for us to get answers for questions that up till then we didn't know who to ask.

After the presentation, some of us got a chance to have their own workshops. We had everything from Cha-cha-cha, baking, bracelet making, first aid, writing, public speaking to marshal arts, origami, make up and hair, music, art... It was a fantastic way to learn, but also learn to teach. It was really amazing being given the chance to teach others something that we never thought we would teach someone. The best thing was that everyone enjoyed what they were doing and we had a lot of fun.

Sunday ("No post on Sunday!") 17.08.2014.

DAY FOURTEEN!

After breakfast we had another session with Snjezana. First we had to think about three characteristics about us. We relaxed with music in the background she asked us to forget the third, second and first characteristic. We had to imagine us without them one after another, and that's when we started beginning to feel like we're loosing ourselves. When they appeared again, we started remembering who we actually are. We agreed that without them you feel empty and sad. Snjezana showed a song by Michael Jackson (Man in the Mirror) which really fit the topic.
The second part of the session was based on our future and we had to present it in the present form.

In the afternoon we went to the gym. In our element groups we had to race against each other in different ways. One example with eggs on our shoes or strapped on another person. After some discussion and much fun, we had a volleyball game. It was really funny, mostly because the ceiling was really low.

Saturday!!!!!!!! 16.08.2014.

DAY THIRTEEN!

Saturday was a very productive day for everyone. We had workshops with Snjezana about ourselves. People often don't realize what impression they leave on people. During the discussion, we discovered that we have three lives: a public one, private and secret one. We also found out that everyone has their own marks and roles in life.

On our first workshop we put on our backs a sheet of paper and everyone wrote what they don't like about the person. After we read what we wrote and we a had a discussion about things that we think they are not true. At the other part of the day we did the same but we wrote those things, we like about the others. That took much longer, so we were not really surprised to have much more nice things to say about people than bad. It was a very good workshop despite the fact that a lot of people didn't get it. For some of us, it was actually a great thing because we actually got to read the different things people see in us, so we could change them if necessary.

FRIDAY, AGAIN! 15.08.2014.

DAY TWELVE!

Friday was a really exciting day for all of us. You could say it was a "big day"; Everything was about our presentations of the creative workshops we were doing the whole week. After the stressful, but funny preparation we were really looking forward to present our work in front of our guests. First, the circus group amused us with dangerous but amazing magic tricks. After that performance, we enjoyed the drum beats from the music group which was followed by the modern version of the Romeo and Juliet play prepared by the theater group. Last, but not the least, the land art workshop presented their work with an exhibition and their video.

When the guests left we had a crazy party just for us. It lasted longer than we all expected because we had so much fun dancing. But after all we were really happy to fall asleep. The last thought was that we were thankful that week with those workshops.

Wednesday & Thursday! 13-14.8.2014.

DAY TEN & ELEVEN!

Wednesday and Thursday were kind of same. We were in 4 our project groups in which we started to practice for the presentation.
 The landart group went to the forest, mixed many colors and made lots of art. They painted on stones, trees, leaves and ground. They worked with material and transformed dead nature to beautiful art! With their Workshop-leaders Verena and Daniela they learned a lot of new things and had much fun.
The music workshop was lead by Jules. He thought us how to drum professional. Also they tried to express themselves with music.
The theater group practiced to speak on stage and to improvise. They started preparing Romeo and Julia with help of their leader Christian.
The Circus group exercised many kinds of circus activities like juggling, pipes, flags, plates, balance but also trapeze in the gym. Felix leached us many different ways to present circus.

Also, on Thursday, Malteserhof had been visited by a few other people. Those people were journalists. Campus15 was a host of a press conference. One participant from each country represented it to the journalist who were asking questions like "What is the thing that makes the camp special?" or "How are you planning on using the knowledge you've gained here in your home country and city?". But, the hardest one of all was "Why do you think you got selected for the camp?" We really had to think hard about this one, but in the end got to the conclusion that we all had that one thing that was shining even through the paper that was sent so far away. 
Also, we want to recommend this camp to every single young person. Even if you're living in Germany, and are not really appealed to the idea of spending three weeks in your own country...trust us, we don't feel like we're just in Germany, we feel like we're in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Poland at the same time.

Tuesday! 12.08.2014.

DAY NINE!

Today, we started the creative workshops. We made a choice between circus, land art, music and theater.
In land art we made nature colors, and painter on threes. In theater we were learning basic acting techniques and made fake characters and we played them. In circus we tried many things, like juggling or walking on a rope. In the music group we were learning how to play yumbo, on the shore of the Rhein river.

M.O.N.D.A.Y. 11.08.2014.

DAY EIGHT! 

This is the day that no one got enough sleep, but it was worth it. We also had to change a few trains to get to our destination, but no one was complaining about it. The destination was really amazing. After a short introduction, we had to face our fears and the climbing ropes and equipment were waiting for us. We split into two groups and went to two different climbing areas - both of them very challenging. One of them was a 30 meter high wall, and the other an adventure park. The most important things were trust and teamwork. We helped each other climb to the highest levels and overcome our fears. We learned that it is really hard trusting people when your live depends on it, and also that hugging people helps a lot in stressful situations.
It was really exhausting but we didn't feel it until the very end.

SUNDAY!!! 10.08.2014.

DAY SEVEN!

We cannot believe it's been a week. It's like we've been here for 3 days, but like we've known each other our hole lives (or at least, that's what the participants say).

Saturday was really tiring for all of us. We had workshops about politics the entire day. We started with crisis simulations. "Would it be a crisis for you if you lost your sight?" This was one of the hardest questions ever asked. 

After this, we divided into element groups and had to become one country. The countries were North, South, East and West. We had a lot of information about our new countries, but we had to present them to the others, because we had to decide if we should unite, or stay divided. Everything started nicely, but ended in war. East, the most powerful country, ended their agreement with West, and gathered with South to destroy the West. North joined and the poor West, had no chance.

Saturday! 09.08.2014.

DAY SIX!

Rafting day!!! When we got to the rafting place, we thought that making rafts will be easy, but as it turned out, it was one of the hardest things we had to do. Probably the 2/7 rafts didn't sink. Even the Teamers raft sunk into the water at some point. The Water group did great, but it was expected... They're the Water group!
Building rafts was very difficult, but funny and we enjoyed it. The weather suited us nicely. It was an incredible experience for us because most of us never did anything similar.