Saturday January 22nd
Working groups had been organised the previous day, so after breakfast it was back to Z-GIS to spend a few hours discussing with Harry (and with notes from Alfons) the way that we would reach our targets on time. For the first year of the project, our curriculum group would be focussing on a leaflet for publicity purposes, and also a series of contributions to the July conference in Salzburg (of which more in an earlier post, along with the links to my photos from the trip)
After the meeting had finished a little later than planned, with our planning fairly well organized, it was over to a pizza restaurant on the university campus.
We heard about the recent heavy snowfalls that had covered the area but had been melted away by the fohn wind... Having taught about the fohn many times, it was now time to be in a place where the wind actually blew...
We drank Trumer Pils, which was brewed in the village where Michaela lives, a short drive from the city, and at the base of one of the many mountains that surrounded the city. We were only a few kilometers from Germany. Apparently they did brewery tours, perhaps a possible excursion from the conference in July
Excellent pizza and salad, and out to the hotel to change. Farewell to some of the project team, and then a bus into the centre. Made a rendezvous for later, then did a lung busting walk up the steps to the church opposite the citadel. In snow covered woodlands, with a great view down the river, and across to the old town. Past the Mirabell gardens earlier, scenes from 'The Sound of Music'.
Mozart week was on, and Harry was doing some investigation of the prices, we had a mind to go if the tickets weren't too bad - turned out the cheap seats were around 80 euros so we decided to catch the Guggemusik instead !
Great costumes and vibe once again.
In the centre it was time to meet up in Eugenspiegel with the remaining 6 who had still stayed in the city.
Karl was en route to Vienna. Markus had driven back to Ljubljana and was back home for tea. Giovanni had taken the Brenner Pass back to Genoa.
The downstairs bar had a great atmosphere again, and smoking was possible. Upstairs to the restaurant rooms, which were excellent. The room was really memorable, with old paintings and wall murals. Had some of the old Kartoffelrauhmsuppe - earth apple....
Working groups had been organised the previous day, so after breakfast it was back to Z-GIS to spend a few hours discussing with Harry (and with notes from Alfons) the way that we would reach our targets on time. For the first year of the project, our curriculum group would be focussing on a leaflet for publicity purposes, and also a series of contributions to the July conference in Salzburg (of which more in an earlier post, along with the links to my photos from the trip)
After the meeting had finished a little later than planned, with our planning fairly well organized, it was over to a pizza restaurant on the university campus.
We heard about the recent heavy snowfalls that had covered the area but had been melted away by the fohn wind... Having taught about the fohn many times, it was now time to be in a place where the wind actually blew...
We drank Trumer Pils, which was brewed in the village where Michaela lives, a short drive from the city, and at the base of one of the many mountains that surrounded the city. We were only a few kilometers from Germany. Apparently they did brewery tours, perhaps a possible excursion from the conference in July
Excellent pizza and salad, and out to the hotel to change. Farewell to some of the project team, and then a bus into the centre. Made a rendezvous for later, then did a lung busting walk up the steps to the church opposite the citadel. In snow covered woodlands, with a great view down the river, and across to the old town. Past the Mirabell gardens earlier, scenes from 'The Sound of Music'.
Mozart week was on, and Harry was doing some investigation of the prices, we had a mind to go if the tickets weren't too bad - turned out the cheap seats were around 80 euros so we decided to catch the Guggemusik instead !
Great costumes and vibe once again.
In the centre it was time to meet up in Eugenspiegel with the remaining 6 who had still stayed in the city.
Karl was en route to Vienna. Markus had driven back to Ljubljana and was back home for tea. Giovanni had taken the Brenner Pass back to Genoa.
The downstairs bar had a great atmosphere again, and smoking was possible. Upstairs to the restaurant rooms, which were excellent. The room was really memorable, with old paintings and wall murals. Had some of the old Kartoffelrauhmsuppe - earth apple....
Talked about malt whisky, and the 2020 event at Bowmore, where the 21 year old malt had been there for free refreshments for delegates. Back at the hotel, went to the hotel bar with Harry, and we asked about the whiskies that they had, and out came a single cask bottle of Bowmore, which was a bit of a surprise...
A nice way to round off the trip...
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