peacecamp2017

Hi, everybody! My name is Edward and I’m 69 years old. I’m a retired teacher and headmaster of a private school. Currently I spend most of my time for studying. Studying needs so much time that I don’t have time to work, although, I enjoy life very much with my friends and my family. I’m married to Susan and I have two grown-up children and two grand-children.
In summer I live in a small village in Burgenland next to the Hungarian border, in winter I’m most of the time in Vienna, the city I love very much.
I do think that I’m a reliable, honest, sociable, tolerant, enthusiastic, and optimistic man.
I’m not a very skilled musician but I like to play the piano, the guitar, and I like to sing with my choir, of which I’m the director. When I have time I like drumming with my cajon or djembe. I regularly do sports, above all I like cross-country skiing, alpine skiing in winter, cycling, swimming, and nordic walking in summer … and I like to travel around Europe.
Why do I participate in peacecamp 2017? A friend of mine told me about that project, so I wrote to the co-ordinaters (Evelyn and Ronny) and offered them my willingness to participate, to co-ordinate and accompany the Austrian group.
I like to help people solve their conflicts and problems. I want to know more about other cultures and meeting you is a very good possibility to know how people live, to get information about your country, your culture, and to practise and improve my language skills of English. I’m sure participating in the project will widen my understanding of other people’s problems my own perspectives of the world we live in.
I’m looking forward with huge curiosity to meeting you!

Hi, my name is Emilia, but my friends call me Emils. I will celebrate my 17th birthday on the 16th of June. My best friend would describe me as funny, trustworthy and punctual.
My parents think that I am reliable and very sociable (sometimes a bit messy), but I guess my younger (but taller) brother Harry, who just turned 14, would say that I can be rather bossy too.
I’m really proud of belonging to two cultures, because I’m half Austrian and half British.
In our family a conversation can be a bit confusing for others, because Harry and I speak English to our dad and German to our mum and my parents speak English to each other.
As to my hobbies, I love playing my violin, which I’ve been doing for the last 12 years. I also enjoy dancing (classic and modern) and kickboxing. One of my favourite things to do to relax is reading a good book (lately I’ve read a lot about women’s rights).
I want to take part at the peace camp, because I really want to learn more about other countries and what it feels like to live in a country with political conflicts.
Normally I only hear adults and politicians talk about these topics, but I want to understand my generation’s perspective too. I can contribute tolerance and an open mind. I like helping and supporting people by listening to their problems and trying to find a solution.
So I hope to take more understanding and a new view of the world back home.