In the morning after the first night the sun was laughing above our heads. A tremendous run on the big breakfast buffet started to take some refreshments for a long day. Follwing all nations gathered next to the main pitch. Despite of the big number of people everything worked without any problems. After walking behind the nation’s flag with the national anthem sounding out oft he stadiums stereo system and assembling on the pitch Mr Backes and city councilwoman Ms Dinnebier opened the Six Nations Camp, a „small olympic village“, officially. A number of Local VIPs attended the event. A lot of pictures were taken from our guests and the local press. Then the kids carried the flags to the masts so they could ran it up. After a little break one after antoher the group was accompanied to the old town city to get known tot he historic part of Marburg. In the afternoon the groups came back and liked to use the free time exercising oder sitting together. After the lunch the day ended with a loud karaoke.

At the beginning of the event, the Six Nations Camp organisers were looking forward to the arrival of the participating guests. After a long period of preparation, all employees felt a certain tension. This was finally released when the time came: A first group from Sibiu (Romania) made the start. After a smooth check-in, the group moved into their quarters in the hall of the commercial schools and settled in. Shortly afterwards a small group from our German twin town Eisenach reached us. Then it took a while until the next guests arrived. This waiting period was bridged by the organizers in a good mood. During the arrival of other sports teams from Sibiu and the delegation from Maribor (Slovenia), the grill was already running at full speed and the hungry guests were able to satisfy their hunger with all kinds of delicacies and make contact for the first time after a long journey. Meanwhile, our friends from Sfax, Tunisia, who were picked up by two employees at the airport, went through check-in and were transferred by bus to Marburg, where they were greeted with T-shirts and surprise bags with small presents - as were all the other groups. After lunch there was a lot of exercise among the guests. Many children borrowed sports equipment and took advantage of the many activities on offer in the sports park or explored the extensive grounds.