Summer Camp Ardèche, France
Thursday - Vallon Markets, talent show prep, and disco
Woohoo! Camp is still at full speed and no signs of slowing down yet.
Today the campers were reluctant to get out of bed, after a huge day on the water yesterday and a movie (Little Miss Sunshine) in the evening. Once everybody was up and fed, we all jumped on to the bus and headed down to the Vallon markets for some shopping. The campers bought all kinds of things, mainly sugar-based, and enjoyed a few hours walking through the cobblestone streets in small groups.
Lunch was back at camp - quiche, sausages, potatoes, chicken nuggets, and salads - and afterwards the campers got busy preparing their skits and performances for tomorrow's talent show! Others helped build a large sign for the Tour de France, which comes through Vallon tomorrow, and that we hope to show and get on the television. We are all excited about the performances to come!
At 6.30 we all met for dinner, and afterwards the campers left to prepare for one of the biggest nights on the Ardeche calendar: the disco! Campers went to change into their nice clothes and dresses while the counsellors raided the dress-up chest, coming out in wigs, masks, and onesies! Luckily the goofy counsellors were still accepted as 'cool' by all our beautiful and good-looking campers, and everyone began to boogie on down to tunes that campers had selected beforehand. The evening was a hit, with Adam jumping in as DJ and Arch setting up as a bartender, making cocktail mixes of soda and fruit juice. A photobooth was set up for photographs, and the dressup box was eventually taken over by the campers themselves.
Now everybody is in bed, and most of the counsellors are still about the office, preparing for the next few big days. Tomorrow we are swimming across the river to catch the Tour de France, before coming back for the VC CHALLENGE, the talent show, gala dinner, and then sadly begin to pack up. Your humble correspondent Pebble is working hard on the end-of-camp video, and because of the extravaganza of the final day, photos from tomorrow may not be up until Saturday morning. These two weeks have gone so fast!
- Breakfast: A selection of breakfast cereals with fruit, yoghurt and honey. Baguette with butter and jam. Orange and apple juice.
- Lunch: Quiche, sausages, potatoes, chicken nuggets, and salads
- Dinner: Lasagne with garlic bread and peas, beetroot salad, chickpea salad, green salad with a selection of olives and pickles, baguette. For desert: apple pie!
- Subject to change. Vegetarian options always available.
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Latest photos from Ardèche, France
- Talent show prep
- Vallon Market shopping
- Sign making
- Disco!
