Diary of a Wanderer

(Written 9th August) I knew all the groups of girls I had had for the last 5 weeks were fantastic. All different and great in their own ways and I knew I had to embrace this and make the most of it. But it wasn't until this session, with my latest group of 7 girls that I realised just how fab and lively my previous group of girls truly were. My new group were been rather mellow, much like most of the kids came to camp this session. It is strange that the sessions can vary so much in the type of children that attend. This two weeks consisted of a high number of returning campers, who knew the rules and exactly how camp works. They rarely needed to be told what to do and are so well behaved that most of us wished they would be a bit mischievous just for some fun! I had 3 girls in my cabin that I was counselor to last year and only 1 had never been to camp before.  The two weeks of this penultimate session were the toughest yet without a doubt. Everyone has been really tired an...

(written 26th July 2014) I find myself sitting on another bus heading off on another day off adventure to Zadar, having said goodbye to yet another group of girls. My third session has been the quickest yet and my girls were once again genuinely fabulous. Boisterous, lively and rather mischievous, they have kept me on my toes for the last two weeks and kept me laughing. For the first few days they sung this "happy llama, sad llama" song on repeat, whilst also plotting to prank me and Kathryn (my Co-counselor also from England, and an absolutely lovely girl). Trying to convince them not to draw a moustache on Kathryn whilst she slept was an interesting one to say the least! In cabin hour whilst Kathryn and I tried to get a precious couple of minutes napping they played in their sleeping bags pretending to be "sleeping bag monsters". Needless to say our cabin video had us in hysterics with Kathryn and I acting as if we had discovered a new species of animal which l...