week twenty three

set the standards

through the roof

and kickstart the last

best camp we’ll ever have

with tacos and ice cream

vegan and not

(we’re slowly getting there)

have a piece

of advice for the future:

you gotta treat yourself

before you can treat others

•

the week was framed

by Reykjavik Fringe

another festival with audience

that has never changed

for the whole 5 months

I’m also surprised

we still don’t know

their names by heart

•

a preview night

with the most stereotypical

American citizen, Owen

didgeridon’t even

try to deny it

a phallological comedy show

with an Irish zoologist

and an evening of poetry

the story of Grýla 

and her 13 sons

Icelandic Christmas Folklore

in the middle of July

complemented by a Finnish lady

finnishing the festival

with Eurovision jokes

could not have made it

any better

•

the biggest fans

of the A-Ö of Iceland

learned it by heart

within 9 days

singing along

at the beach cleanup

with Papa Dive

his donuts and chocolate milk

might make us fat

but the inspiration

he brings to the table

makes me want to

create a Blue Army myself

my overdeveloped trashdar

will probably also work in Estonia

as it did at the volcano

for the 6th time

the cigarette butts are still there

but this time

the volcano was having a nap

in a blanket of clouds

•

we also made it

to the Hot River Hike

to have a bath

in a river of tourists

overtaken by horses

on the way

and by the end of the day

successfully forgot

that we even went there

’cause days are long

when the sun never sets

but now it does again

it’s getting dark

winter is coming

•

sending our kids off

to the South Shore

the leaders had a day

at the beach

it was a bit too cold

with an autumn breeze

officially it’s still summer

therefore, shorts

perfect for the dinner

a party is not a party

without this one Polish dance

you dance at 12 AM

on the street with 20 people

BelgiJka

•

the intercultural dinner

brought out talents

hidden before

an opera singer

born to be on the stage

two very different pianists

playing the full Moonlight Sonata

and Bohemian Rhapsody

with everyone singing along

off-beat & off-tune

and of course

a quantum engineer

explaining color theory

as long as needed

•

we ended the week

with an aim to do

the Golden Circle

in under 6 hours

we were so close

until our dear van

stranded us in Þingvellir

we ran out of fuel

thirty kilometers

outside of Reykjavik

from the next gas station

we spent two hours

learning to pronounce

Eyjafjallajökull & friends

placing our bets

on how many cars would pass

before a canister arrives

53 did, and none of them

or the 200 before

stopped for us

Italy won of course, congrats!

it came as a surprise

to absolutely no one

•

this was my first week

as part of logistics

and my last week

as a camp leader

to our four wonderful participants

and our dream team of leaders

thank you for the best camp

from the bottom of my heart ❤