The International Feeling
Posted by Edda on Thursday 30th August, 2007 at 14:15:39
What does it mean to be an "international camper", what does it do to you?
No one ever described it better than John Wiltshire in the following poem, as published in the camps "Clarion" (no1) in 1971
WHAT IS MY COUNTRY
What is my country?
They asked me,
and suddenly I realised
that I no longer knew.
That I couldn't even answer,
in any language,
in any place,
in any time.
For here I am,
a citizen of the world.
My first night at camp
Posted by Edda on Tuesday 31st January, 2006 at 00:00:00
I was a very naive 15 year old when I first came to camp. The camp rules were very strict. The first night almost became my last!
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