WORKCAMP SEASON SERIES

9th edition of the Beaufiest'Yval

Workcamp in Mazeray, France

Hey, I'm Begüm  and I was in a workcamp last month in France for 3 weeks.  

So, let’s get started!!!

What did I do during my workcamp? 👀

My journey began with a flight from Warsaw to Paris. In Paris, I stayed around 3 days. It was my first time in France and I visited some places there. I had a great time there and I met new people. 

Then, I went from Paris to La Rochelle by bus. It was a 4-hour trip. In La Rochelle I took a train to Mazeray, a small village in east France. After two hours, I finally arrived! 🚊✌

While I was waiting at the train station, I met my camp mates from Spain, France, Mexico, Russia and Morocco. 
Finally, after a long journey, our camp leaders picked up us from train station to the place where we would be living and working. 

When we arrived to the camp area we set up the tents and met all the volunteers, all before dinner. 😁 

My workcamp was about children festival, so we had the opportunity to join some of the  workshops, and visit with the kids some exhibitions about art and history and some places nearby, too.

In our spare time we discovered different beaches around the region. 🌞🏖🌡İt was pretty good idea. ⭐

The second week, I participated in activities with children of different age groups, played games and ate lunch together in the garden. And for our meals, we prepared traditional dishes and for that, we made different groups every day. 

In the morning, we were working at the festival area. We had set up the tent for the Festival, bring the required items and do some cleaning jobs. We were a team and we liked to work that way. For instance, the first day I prepared some sandwiches and I made crêpes. It was so good and funny experince for me also.

One day we were preparing some internatıonal dishes and then sold them at the local market. It was amazing! And the other, we were going to a famous french cognac festival, in the night. 

The most amazing part in this workcamp was the circus training. During the festival circus, one of the instructors taught us some acrobatics like tightrope walking and some ball games. Finally we had some internatioanl performances with all the volunteers. We did a Turkish dance with all the participants. 

There were many events and art shows the last days. When it was over, we cleaned the festival area and removed all the tents. 

I hope next year I join this summer workcamp again! It was fun all the time. 🙌

Thanks :) 

By the way, go to the website of beaufiestyval to see the pictures.