And our first delegation to present their national activity was: DENMARK! They began with a short presentation about the country, where each of them live, their families and their schools. It was great to have a little glimpse into the everyday "real" lives of Mikkel, Sasha, Victor and Pernille outside of our camp. With Pernille in the lead, the kids also shared a little about the history of their country by talking a little about the Vikings and their alphabet, called the Futhark.
Everyone was then invited for a short activity to decode messages written in this old alphabet. Some of these included: "We are from Denmark!", "We like Paris!", and "You are awesome!" The second part of the activity involved writing our names and some of our own short messages in the Futhark, and it was a very nice hands-on activity for all the participants.
To end the activity, the Danish delegation shared one last thing about the more modern Danish culture than surely all of the kids would be familiar with: LEGO! The Danish kids spoke a few words about the company and the toys themselves, and then distributed little Lego packages for EVERYONE to play around with.
Finally, the Danish kids went around to distribute their very creative scrapbooks that featured many other facts about the Danish people, food and culture, as well as some colorful pictures of and information about the entire delegation. For example, we learned that Sasha loves doing gymnastics, Victor plays the guitar and piano, Mikkel can do tricks on his scooter, and Nille is both an engineering student and a part-time FIREFIGHTER!
Overall, it was an awesome national activity to get the ball rolling - we are all very excited to see what the other delegations have in store for us. Everything seemed to be well-prepared and rehearsed, and it was all especially interesting for one of our Staffers, Jaime, who will be moving to Copenhagen to start working in September. :-)
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