rover week

5/1/14

This morning I started the day on Reception.  I opened the shop and the reception desk at 8 am, and had lots of visitors.  There were lots of Rover Week guests who needed extra clothes or better shoes from the boiler room and some who wanted to buy internet or items from the shop.  Skippy, the Chalet Cat, talked to everyone who came by.  She was very intent on anyone who stopped by the cupboard or made a cup of tea, as they were standing next to her food.  Eventually when she was fed, just before 9 am (when she is feed everyday!), she licked the spoon she was that hungry! She wasn't really that hungry - she gets regularly feed and I promise shes not fading away to a shadow!

Skippy licking the spoon of his dinner

At 9, we had the opening ceremony for Rover Week, a mid way ceremony for the South African Girl Guides and a closing ceremony for Nicky, who was heading home today.  They were welcomed, received their Our Chalet pins and read the words of Falk.  

Rover Week

South Africans

After opening ceremony, the participants of Rover Week and all of the staff were gathered together.  Nikki had a surprise for us. As part of Rover Week, we were to play a Murder Mystery Game.  Each person was given a name of another person, guest or staff, a location on the Chalet grounds, and a weapon which they had to 'kill' (or touch) the person with.  No one else is allowed to be watching or be in the vicinity of the murder when it happens.  We weren't allowed to tell anyone when or if we were killed or if we killed someone.  And when you killed someone you took over their current 'victim'.  Results will be told at the end of Rover Week and I will post my progress, or step by step descent into becoming a serial killer (hopefully!) then.  

The rest of the morning was much less unexciting.  Meetings Monday.  Morning meeting was followed by some intensive cleaning (unfortunately we have a bit of a stomach bug going around Our Chalet) and re setting of rooms,  Lunch was at 12.30 as per normal and then the Guest services team and I had a break until four.  At four we folded the dry washing and then went to prepare dinner - Rosti and Ratatouille.  

Re setting beds

Swiss Doughnuts for dessert

After Dinner we finished clean up in record time - by 7.30 pm, in time to join in with International Night.  International night was planned so that each person or group could present something unique to their own country.  The South African Girl Guides went first, they sung songs from South Africa and finished with the South African National Anthem (which, fun fact, is in four languages).

The South African Girl Guides 

Canadian presentation - a reading from 'The Hockey Sweater'

USA presentation 

The Guides from the UK

Scotland presentation - Learning to Highland Dance

 Ceilidh Dancing

The Guides from Mexico

After the presentations we had time to swap badges and try different kinds of food people had bought.  There was lots of sweets and sugar foods from Scotland, Mexico, South Africa, and dried meat from South Africa and Mexico.  No one seemed to want my Vegemite though....

Swapping!