Tag drei!

So we are now on the 3rd day of the Mouscron Youth Camp, which feels really weird as the time has gone by so quickly with days full of fun and adventure. Today we did more hard work in the garden, sanding down and even painting the benches we had been building over the past couple of days. We also started building chicken pens which look really cool.

Then in the afternoon we visited an Artisan Chocolate shop (which everyone had been looking forward to since we saw the itinerary). It was an amazing experience to see Belgium chocolate being made 1st hand, and of course we couldn't leave without tasting it! Then we progressed to our next activity of the day hockey and archery, which got very competitive, yet was loads of fun. Then to round of the day the Germans from Rheinfelden put on a great show, with lots of music plus some great dancing and choreography! We all can't wait for tomorrow, especially as it is our night to facilitate tomorrow.

Day 2

Day 2 in Mouscron & the weather's not so great today. However, luckily we're used to it in Wales, unlike the Germans who said they were freezing cold after having 35 degree weather.  Lucky them!  We started the day at La Grange where we were making the bases for the sun beds that will be used in the Twinning garden so that tomorrow and Thursday we can assemble and paint them.  It was a real team effort and due to this we already have 4 sun beds assembled and we are on course for our 10 sun bed target.

After our picnic at La Grange we went to a shopping centre and Mouscron city centre which had more tourist shops and a beautiful chocolate shop filled with Belgian chocolate,  I can already see you're jealous!  Afterwards we went to the cinema and watched "Demain" - a French documentary about climate change and the environmental challenges we face in the world today.  We than had a discussion on the environmentally friendly schemes we do in the Vale, Mouscron, Fécamp and Rheinfelden.  This evening Fécamp hosted their culture night where we learnt to tie sailing knots and tasted french food.  It's been a fantastic experience so far.