English holiday in France for German people

Eng + Fr = Ger. Yes, this is the recipe that seems to appeal to German taste. I have recently been in Germany with a Spring Harvest Holidays exhibition stand, at an event called Spring. Sound familiar? It was set up around ten years ago and was inspired by Spring Harvest.

This year around 3000 Christians, most of them from southern Germany, gathered for interdenominational worship, teaching and family fun. All in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, with free use of the cable car included in your ticket. Not bad, eh? Of course, I spent my time inside the ice-free ice skating hall and averted my gaze from the snow capped mountains in order to meet as many guests as possible.

And so to the formula Eng + Fr = Ger. I and my German speaking friend Matt, who will be part of our on-site team this summer, had a lot of conversations with people who were interested in the fact that their Christian holiday in France did not require the ability to speak French.

In fact, we were surprised by the way that parents saw LPO as an opportunity for their offspring to practise speaking English with peer-level friends whilst on holiday. Maybe that's something we'll work on further for 2010.

Meanwhile, it seems we have the ideal formula: French food, climate and countryside, English language ministry, Spring Harvest commitment to excellence.

Oh, and English toilets. Of course.