GERMANY, Alpine Wilderness and Munich Camp
THE ALPS AND THE WILDNISSCHULE CAMP
We will be in one of the most beautiful parts of Germany. Students will improve their German language skills while having fun: hiking in the mountains, taking a cable car up to a mountain ski/spa resort, visiting a toboggan and ropes adventure park, cooking, building a flying fox, doing a nocturnal walk, visiting to a rural heritage museum, an animal rescue sanctuary and enjoying wonderful German hospitality. The Wildnisschule Allgäu was established in 2004 and is run by Stefan Koch, who trained in in the U.S. and is an experienced leader of hiking trips to Africa, Canada, Scandinavia and of course the German Alps. http://www.allgaeuscout.de/ Located in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, it is a two hour drive from Munich. The focus of the camp is on adventure, learning to respect the environment, learning about yourself and building independence and teamwork skills. Our instructors, Stefan and Heike take a holistic approach to education and tailor the program according to the individual needs of our group, so that everyone has a rewarding and memorable experience. There are hands on activities such as bread baking, jam making and wood carving, as well as traditional German crafts. If it snows we build snowmen and igloos! ACCOMODATION in the countryside We stay at the Wertacher Mühle, which is a 600 year-old converted flour mill, now a small farm. Natascha our host is a social worker, who received a prestigious medal from the state of Bavaria for her life-long service to children and more recently refugees. She looks after us fabulously. You share rooms and it feels very much like home. GSIS is special to Wertacher Mühle, as we are the only non-German school at the camp and the staff really look forward to seeing us each year. See http://www.WertacherMuehle.de MUNICH CITY We spend a day and a night in Munich prior to travelling to the camp on Sunday morning and visit some of Germany’s cultural sites. On Saturday morning, after we land in Germany, we stroll to the outdoor Viktualienmarkt to eat yummy German food and look at the crafts. Then it’s off to the Deutsches Museum. The museum is one of the world’s largest science museums http://www.deutschesmuseum.de/ Later in the day we head to the Englischer Garten, where we stop to watch some river surfing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFoPOQlIjWY in the Isar River. Dinner that evening is at a traditional ‘Bierhalle’. The measure of a great trip is when nobody wants to go home and this has certainly been the case in the past 7 years where saying ‘Aufwiedersehen’ has been a mix of sadness at leaving Germany and the excitement of returning home to share your adventure with family and friends. Leader: Mrs Butchart
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