Thursday 1st March
On our first day we began with an Opening Ceremony, under a glorious blue sky and surrounded by the most breathtaking mountain scenery. We all wore our own national Guiding uniform, and were given our country's flag to place in the centre of our circle around the flagpole. Putri and I were asked to do the flag raising, as we were the first and last to arrive at the Chalet.
Us 'vollies' began our training that morning by spending time getting to know each other and the rest of the staff with some games. We were also given the grand tour of the chalets and the grounds by the lovely Sammie.
A little later we received our uniforms: a fetching navy polo shirt and a cosy gilet. We will earn our red staff neckies eventually, but we have to complete our training first! After dinner that evening, we were shown how to use 'Wendy' (The dishwasher - all the appliances at the Chalet have names, y'see.) and set about cleaning and drying what I'm certain will be the first of many dishes over the next few months!
(L-R) Karin, Eve, Stefanie, Rachael
Friday 2nd March
On our second day we learned all about the Laundry Room, how to work the machines and fold all the different sheets and towels etc. Then we were shown the guest rooms and shown how to clean and reset them correctly. All very exciting! Then we were set loose and given several rooms to clean and set up. I worked on the rooms in the Spycher chalet and we got on fine. I had good fun teaching Putri the 'sheet ghost' method of putting a duvet cover on! I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about!
At lunchtime, there was a real treat to reward us for our hardwork, as Jenny our kitchen coordinator had baked the most delicious banana bread! Mmmmm.
After lunch we were split into teams and given the task of creating a way to protect an egg when thrown from the top window of main chalet. My team named our egg Anita, and Eve drew her a very lovely face. We built a house from cardboard, wrapped the egg in bubble wrap and suspended the egg in the middle of the box using elastic bands. Carly made a parachute from a bin bag. The moment of truth arrived and we took our precious eggs to the top of the building and held them out of the window, with Katie looking on from below to judge our efforts. GO! We released Anita and to our amazement, the parachute worked perfectly and the egg floated safely down in her box! Totally unharmed! The other team's egg sadly didn't fare so well.
We spent a lot more time with Jenny that afternoon, as we began our training in the kitchen. As dinner approached, I agreed to take the lead for the cooking of that evening's meal - Spaghetti Bolognese (A recipe I am particularly familiar with!). All the vollies helped and together we made some pretty yummy Spag Bol and garlic bread, which everyone at dinner seemed to enjoy...even if a little too much pepper did get spilled into the pot! :)
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