Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Chip makes many friends!

Apologies from Chip! Between making friends and taking part in the exciting events like the opening ceremony, he hasn't had a lot of time to blog back to Canada and post photos.

What an exciting 36 hours it has been!



Monday morning kicked off with a welcome from the Chairman of the World Scout Youth Forum. This was followed by a report from the current Youth Advisors on what they have achieved for the past three years.

There was also a lot of information on what exactly WOSM is, what they do, and why they exist. He made friends with the delegates from Finland. Karin on the right is a candidate for the Youth Advisor position like Kevin. She's really cool too!



Next Chip went outside to participate in the group photo of the world. All the youth attendees gathered together to form an image of the world and all its continents.

Chip also made a special friend. Nina the Parrot from Brazil. She was very excited to tell Chip all about the next World Youth Forum in Brazil in 2011.



The evening wrapped up with the Opening Ceremony. Chip felt like he was in the Olympics. Every performance was amazing and the after party dance left Chip with a great high of Scouting Spirit (and soaked from head to tail!).


The evening ended with some Korean Cub Scouts cutting a cake to commemorate the centennary of World Scouting!



That's all from Chip, he's got to run and catch the Project Fair where all the scout organizations showcase scouting in their country!

2 comments:

The Marveling Med Student said...

Did Canada have a booth in the project fair, Chip? If we did, what did we showcase?

Chip the Beaver said...

Non, malheuresement. Nous n'en avions pas un, but Chip brought our country's information to other booths directly to promote ourselves!

Chip was disappointed that we did not have anything! He says in Brazil that we'll serve Tim Horton's at our display!