It is the name of the workcamp which was held in Bodelshausen, Germany between 27.8.2000 and 16.9.2000.
Where
is Bodelshausen?
It is a town located in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany where is in the south west of the country. It is 20 min. far away from Tuebingen by train. This place where 5500 people are living in, hosted our camp successfully along 3 weeks. More info...
Together with this troupe the workcamp helps to do all the work of taking care for nature, protection area, situated not far away from Tuebingen. Both areas are part of the 'Spitzberg', a little hill, which is famous for living space at that place of rare animals and plants which are threatened to die out. The work of 5-6 hours a day, 5 times a week, consists of removing brushwood by hand from the meadows. This area must be taken care of regularly so that trees and bushes don't threaten the vegetation and endangered cultures that are worth to be sheltered.
Participants
There were 18
participants from 11 countries. The average age was 23. I was the youngest
person (18) in the camp. Here are the participants: Onur Inan (Turkey), Alexandra Kirby
(England), Amy Boud
(England), Katerina Belova
(Russia), Karin Augsten
(Germany), Florie Remacle
(Belgium), Yuko Matsumoto
(Japan), Aska Bobak
(Poland), John Dillon
(Ireland), Roberto Massa
(Italy), Valerio (Italy), Katarina Svitkova
(Slovakia), Ola (Poland), Jelena Pantovic
(Serbia), Silvia Keriova
(Slovakia), Andrea Vaghi
(Italy), Kasia St
aszewska
(Poland) and Daniele Vegan (Italy).
We wake up at 8:30. Two person wake up earlier to prepare the breakfast and these two person also don't come to work with us to clean the house and to prepare the dinner. Our bus arrives at 9:00 to take us to the working area. We start working at 9:30. There were various things we do while working, for example carrying bushes to the trailer of the jeep, removing the leaves and rocks from ground, digging soil to build walls and so on. It is 'lunch time' at 12:00. We eat the sandwiches we prepared in the morning. By 15:00 our work is finished. Bus takes us to our house. Once we got off near the lake and spend nice time there along two hours.
When we arrive the house we usually have a shower and after that play football, volleyball outside of our house (actually we sometimes played football also in the house). Some of us wash their clothes. In the evening usually at 19:00 we have our dinner. Then at 20:30 we go out to have some drink at the pubs of Bodelshausen or go to Tuebingen by train to drink again. We go back to our house at 00:00 sometimes drunk (for Amy always drunk). And go to bed at 00:30.
27.8.2000 : The first day of the camp.
02.9.2000 : A trip to Stuttgart (Staying one night there).
03.9.2000 : Mercedes and Porsche Museums or Zoo.
06.9.2000 : Sightseeing with our guide in Tuebingen.
10.9.2000 : Going to Hohenzollern in Hechingen.
14.9.2000 : Going to disco in Balingen.
15.9.2000 : Farewell party.
16.9.2000 : The end.
Our house The garden View from far Karin, Florie, Alex, John
Dining room Working area Me Working area
Working area Break Ökomobil Break Lunch time
Stuttgart Alex, John and me Tuebingen Boat trip on Neckar Amy and Karin
Foresters Dining room Our house Farewell party
This workcamp helped me to see the world from different perspectives. I realised how beautiful the world is. I can express this event as the 'most beautiful 20 days of my life'. There are several reasons to say that. At first the group was consisted of excellent people. This is the most important one and the work we were doing was really enjoyable although it was very hard. I recommend everyone to participate a workcamp.
You have to contact with the official agent in your country. To learn it check www.istc.org out! And before selecting a workcamp program you have to be careful such that I chose an ecology camp last year. After I got home I made a search on the net about this camp and I saw that it was a project of planting a mental hospital where you can easily make a horror film in daylight. Then I immediately canceled it. So, before going there, ensure that it is a good one for you . And my message to you:
World is your playground, enjoy it!
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