Day 6 - Thursday - National park bavarian forest

Yesterday we went to the national park bavarian forest.

We started in the morning from house St. Max in Passau to the national park center in Neuschönau.

Station 1: Hans Eisenmann Haus

Station 2: Animal Free Zone

Station 3: Treetop walk "Baumwipfelpfad"

On top of the tree egg in 44 meters hight

Big thanks goes to Lukas an Irene for showing as around.

In the evening we went back to Passau and got some delicious meal in the evening.

Thanks Hias and Ferdi for cooking 

Be prepared

Fidschi

More impressions of the host families

We received a view more photos out of the host families.

Thanks Max for sending :-)

A real multicultural family

Typical scout games

Day 5 - Wednesday - special bavarian food to try

Yesterday was cooking evening. The southafrican and german scouts had a delicious dinner with the typical bavarian food.

Pretzels, potato salad and meatloaf. This is  the stereotyped food in bavaria. I really love the pretzels. Especially when they are with butter and chives. The meatloaf is not my favorite. I prefer every kind of bread - as you know from my video below. But that´s my liking.

The kitchen in the Guntherburg was the perfect place for the dinner. Special thanks to Maria-Theresia for preparing the salad! A long and exiting day got a perfect ending in Passau.

Some of our friends tried the meatloaf with egg for the first time in their life. The germans are of course used to this. You can see the difference: cautious and thrilled.

Be prepared!
Magdalena

Day 5 - Wednesday - Scouts from 1st Passau finally visit Passau

Scouts from 1st Passau and DPSG Passau at the Ortsspitze

Maybe you remember the classic paper chase. It was always fun. That is why we decided to have a whatsApp chase in Passau to show our friends our hometown. The second reason was, I was not able to be in Passau today. So I tried to explain the important spots in Passau via social media: the place where the three river meet - Ortsspitze, the old town hall with the marks of the floods and of course the baroque cathedral with more than 17700 pipes. I had a funny afternoon and as I heard the group, too.
Lovely Greetings
Magdalena

Day 3/4 Monday/Thuesday - Host Families

Some things can not be explained by words only. The everyday life  in germany, or every other country, is one of these. Last year when we scouts from Passau visitet Mpumalanga I realised this. It is not the same being a tourist, or living with a family.
Our southafrican guests experienced this the last three days. They spent the family-life together with six amazing host families. Thanks to you, scouts from Winhöring, Kirchdorf, Vilshofen and Hauzenberg. Your shared your life and I hope you have a lot of unforgettable memories of this special time.

What did you do together? Write about your adventure in the comments! I´m excited. :-)

Greetings and be prepared!
Magdalena

Day 2 - Sunday - Host Families

Hello Followers,


The second day was great.

In the morning everyone was fit and relaxed. 
So we started together in the day with a typical bavarian breakfast.

After this we made some name buttons with the button machine we got from the Diözese office.

Then we had a presentation about the program of the scout exchange via Power Point.

At lunch time we had a delicious meal together.

After this the south african guys had been split up to the host families were they stay till wednesday morning. Big thanks to all families.

Greetings and be prepared

Fidschi

Day 2 - Sunday - Working together is fun

Franziska und Maria-Theresia

The Eber family has been busy yesterday afternoon. Office work ist not a very popular task. But it is also important to be done: the cash book, income and expenditure, the list of participants.
And helping together made it less boring. We had really fun and after work we had a delicious blackberry-cake. Thanks to mum!
I´m sorry, there´s no photo of the cake. It was gone so fast.

The planning team has been working for one year. Here are some impressions from our meetings and telephone conferences.

Day 1 - Saturday - Arrival

Hello together,
The first day is done :-)
All the south african guys arrived savely at munich ariport.

Arrival at Munich airport

We picked them up at the ariport and went to Finsterau to the "Salvador Allende" house and stayed there over night.
In the evening we had a barbecue and played some games.
After this we made a little video and foto session of journey to south africa in march 2015.

Video 10: How to drink a non-alcoholic wheatbeer

See for yourself ;-) 

Video 9: Right-hand trafic

In the last video Magdalena shows us how we drive in Germany, because we do it on the right-hand side.

Should be interesting because today the group will drive on this side - today the'll land in Munich and the trip in Germany begins! :)
I'm so excited! The next things will be pictures from the group - can't wait to see them.

Be prepared,
Franziska

Video 8: Bierbankkraxeln

In this Video Philipp shows you a typical bavarian sport: Bierbankkraxeln. Do you want to try it?
We will try it with the group when they are in Germany - and this is tomorrow, because they start their trip today! :)

Franziska

Video 7: Classic bavarian birth

Bavarians are special. Philipp perfectly shows how bavarians are born. Weißbier, Lederhosen and of course a beautiful lake.

Thanks for the video to Philipp! I hope you all like it, too!
Greetings
Magdalena

Video 6: How a Bavarian wakes up

The second video for today is made by Philipp.
He shows you how a Bavarian wakes up - everyday. ;)

Have Fun!
Franziska

Video 5: Bread - Bread - Bread

Hi Guys!
Just 3 days left and the group will be in Germany. Because of that they have to know what they will eat, when they visit us.
Today Magdalena shows you what different kinds of bread we have in Germany - because we love to eat it!


Enjoy!
Franziska

Z'Ubunti 2015 - One project from the last Passau to Passau

Zu Ostern im Jahr 2015 waren wir, eine Gruppe von deutschen Pfadfindern, in Südafrika - die Begegnung hieß Z'Ubunti. Während dieser Zeit haben wir verschiedene Projekte unterstützt.
Über ein Projekt hat auch der Freiwillige Felix Husch berichtet: http://blog.dpsg.de/2015/06/anpacken/.

Easter in the year 2015: Our group of german scouts was in South Africa - we called it Z'Ubunti.
During this time we did a few projects. Another german - Felix Husch - talked about his time and his help in one of the projects: http://blog.dpsg.de/2015/06/anpacken/.

Here I've got a view Impressions out of South Africa for you.

Blyde River Canyon

The 3rd biggest Canyon in the World.

The biggest green Canyon in the World.

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Video 4 - Passau - Part 2: "The three river city"

And the second video about Passau ;-)

Video 3 - Passau - Part 1: "Die Ortsspitze"

Hello everyone

Only 4 days left.

Today I'll show you two little videos about Passau.

Thanks Magdalena for creation.

Greetings

Fidschi

Video 2 - Drinking Water

Hello together

Today I'll present to you a little video about the water in Germany.

Thanks Franziska for creation.

Enjoy watching.

Some other videos are following due the next days.

Greetings and Be prepared

Fidschi

Video 1 - Distances - Maps

In nicht mal mehr 5 Tagen ist es soweit. - Only 5 days left.

In nicht mal mehr 5 Tagen ist es soweit. Am Samstag den 23. Juli 2016 landet die Südafrikanische Delegation am Flughafen „Franz Josef Strauß" in München. Ich freue mich jetzt schon unsere Freunde vom Pfadfinderstamm 1st Passau wieder zu sehen.

Only 5 days left. At Saturday the 23th of July 2016 the delegation of south africa arrives at the „Franz Josef Strauß" airport in Munich. I'm glad to see our friends of 1st Passau scout group once again.