29-31 May - Memorial Day Weekend. We took a weekend trip to one of the four World Culture Scout Centers. www.ourchalet.ch/en/home We met with about 30 other girls and parents and rode the bus to Adelboden, Switzerland. When we arrived, we received an orientation of the site and all the buildings. Afterwards, the girls received an Our Chalet pin in a traditional pinning ceremony that started in 1932. We checked in the rooms and the girls did a scavenger hunt. We had dinner of sweet and sour pork, salad and bread and butter pudding. On Sat night, we had Swiss Night where the girls acted out the story of William Tell and played a Swiss Trivia Quiz game. To top the night, we had a chocolate fondue with fruit and cookies :) Yes, Jamie is a fan of that!!
On Sunday, we had a traditional Swiss breakfast of meuslix, yogurt, fruit, bread, jam and cheese. Jamie packed us a lunch and we took a 5 km hike in the light rain to the second largest waterfall in Switzerland. When we returned, the girls worked on their Chalet Challenge Badge. For dinner, we had cauliflower and peas and a type of Shepards Pie, dessert was a berries and yogurt thingy. We cleaned up and then had an indoor campfire. The girls sang songs from around the world and then had smores!!!!
On Monday, standard breakfast, we packed up, cleaned the rooms and headed out on a 2 mile hike to a woodcarvers shop. The girls enjoyed seeing how it is done, did some shopping and then hiked back to the bus. Enroute to the bus, the girls were stopped to allow the daily procession of moving the cows from the barn to the field. They really enjoyed that!! It was a nice drive back and great memories.
The Chalet is very nice. It was built in 1932 as a gift from an American lady who was a girl scout. There are now 7 buildings. There is a small permanent staff and 6-8 volunteers for 3 months. These young ladies were from the UK, Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, Denmark, Egypt, etc. There were girls there from England and a boy scout troop of Germans there to build a outdoor BBQ facility as their service project. It was a good trip for the girls who earned a patch, met people from other countries who are scouts and enjoyed the outdoors. 
Patch board at the Chalet showing all the patches left by the different troops that have visited Our Chalet - just this year!!!!!!!!!!
Jamie on the hike - in the rain :))
Jamie on the hike - in the rain :))
Jamie and the girls at Our Chalet receiving the Our Chalet Pin.
Jamie receiving her Our Chalet Challenge badge. There were 20 activities they had to complete to receive the badge from knowing about the Chalet, Swiss life, World Association of Girl Scouts, Physical activities, etc.
James and Jamie at the waterfall.
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