We started with early breakfast which was followed by the Serbs and Montenegrians leaving first. It was really sad. Everyone was saying goodbye the best they could. Most of us were crying and the those who weren't weren't left untouched by the others' tears. It was quite an emotional morning.
But, that was okay. We knew that we had made strong bonds in the three weeks we spent together in this magnificent place - Malteserhof. We learned how to overcome differences and stereotypes. Discovered that trusting others is hard but possible, and we now know that we can rely on each other. Also, in times of fear and difficult situations it is good to hug people. They can help you find comfort in hard times. While building rafts, we combined ideas, thought of new ones and believed in one another to accomplish the given task. On the first Wednesday, when went hiking, we chose to trust certain people to guide us through the forest to our destination even tho we didn't know each other that well, but we gave the chance. Throughout the workshops we got more confident in sharing our opinions that maybe didn't match the majorities'. We were thought how to respect others more and how to be listened to while listening to others.
The camp gave us a wonderful opportunity to learn, but also teach. To experience first hand how people from other cultures think, act and the way live. We got a real look into the way they deal with things and in the end found out that we're all really alike. It doesn't matter where we come from because it is about where we decide to go from there, as Stephen Chbosky wrote. It was interesting seeing how our homes influence our way of making decisions, but still coming up to the same solution in the end.
So, thank you everyone who participated in the camp somehow. The participants and teamers for making even the mornings special through the songs for waking up or the "If you're happy" songs, for planning everything or just being there to laugh with or to, for making this special because if it weren't for you, the camp wouldn't be the camp that it was. You made it this way - amazing, wonderful, awesome, fantastic, something to remember if not for the rest of our lives. Thank you to the staff for keeping up with us, to the cook for making magnificant meals (expecially the mushroom sauce!!!!!!!) or for giving us ice cream, to the people leading the Creative workshops or the ones helping with climbing, rafting and the ones who lead their own workshops. We learned a lot from you, and we are going to pass on the knowledge back home. From doing some rythms or clown act to making others laugh because of the modern version of the most famous tragedy 'Romeo & Juliet' or by showing them how to make their own paper. Thank you for now knowing how to try to make a stable raft or tying an eight knot. Thank you to NOT Mr. Simon, but Mr. Hubert & his wife for being wonderful hosts and giving us the chance to experience this amazing thing.
I will miss you all, and I cannot wait to see you at the Reunion (hopefully in Poland, no?)
Yours truly,
Commercial group (Haris, Đuro, Vujadin, Nemanja, Una, Bakira, Aleksandra, Marta Ž., Marta P., Sarah, Hannah, Karina & Vanja, but also Lisa and Iga)
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