Camp Army Challenge

For the past two weeks i was in Bitberg (North west) Germany for an army camp for middle school and high school students with deployed parents. It was a sports camp and we were able to do really fun outdoors stuff like rock climbing, ropes courses, and hiking. i was put in a special group though that was a leadership group that worked hard to prepare a briefing for a FOUR STAR GENERAL!! So exciting!! It was so weird and such a culture shock (yes the military is a culture in itself) to hear so much about military children's lives. Their goal was to compile all of the individual bases youth issues to create the five main issues that effect military youth in europe. I was so proud of how hard they worked and how amazing their finished product was. I mean for the most part they did it all on their own. They also created a Public service announcement commercial for the Military channel (AFN) and a slideshow of the camp. They worked so hard.

While i was in Bitberg i did a little traveling. I went to Trier which is the oldest city in Germany and saw buildings used during the days of the Romans. We also saw of course a cathedral (it would not be a german town without one) and we werent able to get to Carl Marx house but it is the town he grew up in!! We also went to Koln which is a huge city in Germany with lots of shopping and... get excited....... the Lindt chocolate factory!! i dont know about all of you but i LOVE Lindt chocolate! mmmmmmm So i got to see how they make those wonderful truffle ball things. YAY!! We also saw a cathedral there that was bigger than Notre Dame... Crazy! It was to elegant and elaborate. I could have spent a good hour or two just seeing everything in it. Us five interns had a nice dinner together which was really nice becuase we had not all traveled and ate at a restaurant before then.

I will be getting pictures posted soon... I just had some camera trouble and am now trying to collect pictures from friends and get them up. But i at least will have some up early next week of our trip to Austria this weekend!! Get excited... sound of music tour!!

Hope all is well with everyone,
Love Beth