9/5/13
Last day of Green School and thank god too! Since there is no internet, I am using all of minutes up to talk to my parents. I definitely went over my limit of minutes for texting and calling for the month.
Sailing today was super calming unlike the other day. I actually fell asleep on the way back to camp. There was a light breeze and the lake was calm. The only thing that made the ride a little less relaxing was the gun shots coming from the forest where the Polish Army practices. But I laid on the bow of the boat and soaked up the warm sun. Greg (a 16 year boy) laid on the bow next to me and we spoke English the whole time. We talked about the differences between Poland and United States. He has never been to America so he was very curious about many things. Greg asked me about: sports like football, soccer, and basketball; bread, cakes, and candies; peoples’ personalities, hair styles, clothes; alcohol, drinking age, and how drinking isn’t as openly accepted like in Poland; and weather patterns. It was interesting to hear his point of views towards America and our culture.
Later we broke into teams and went on a scavenger hunt around the camp. We named our group the Wild Cats because the girls liked that name in English. We went around solving riddles, taking pictures, and finding clues. We ended up winning 1st place overall and our prize was a diploma. It was actually fun and I solved all the picture problems by observing the plants in the pictures and looking around the camp for the same plants. One cool puzzle was having to come up with a way to show the Olympic symbol with our bodies. I came up with the idea to use our legs because other teams I assumed used their arms. We also had to find a wooden statue in the forest and take a group silly picture around it.
Stephanie Raquel
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