On Wednesday July 22 the whole village celebrated a Maifest as typically might be found in small Austrian towns. The party started with our very own Maibaum, a tree that is decorated and placed prominently on the village Marktplatz to…
Dancing is a big part of German — and Waldsee — culture! Here in Waldsee, we do lots of dancing — dancing at the Disko on Friday or Saturday night, Reientänze (line dances — particularly the ones made for I-Day…
Sonntag (Sunday) at Waldsee is a special day. We have a slightly more relaxed schedule and often get to do things we might not have time for during the week.
This Sunday, we went ins Kino (to the movies)! Each…
On Tuesday night in Waldsee, our Abendprogramm told the story of Wilhelm Tell.
According to the legend, Wilhelm Tell, an expert marksman, lived in Switzerland (in the canton of Uri) at the end of the 13th century. At the time,…
Last night in Waldsee, we played an Abendprogramm (evening program) called Wildsaujagd (Wild Boar Hunt)!
This Abendprogramm was brought to Waldsee in 1999 by a Swiss Betreuerin (counselor), Uschi. It is an extremely popular camp game in German-speaking countries in…
The German saga Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (known in English as “The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin”) tells the story of a town called Hameln that was infested with rats! One day, a man who called himself the Rattenfänger came and used…
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