Mozart Mass and Miles of Walking

Sunday morning we spent an hour in the Jesuitenkirche listening to a Mozart Mass. I am happy to report that I was able to understand the scripture verses and bits and peices of the sermon! I spent the hour in utter amazement of where I was and what I was hearing. One of the best ways to spend a Sunday morning, I have to say. The church is in the picture on the right.

We walked miles and miles last week around the city and ate incredibly well in between. Richard, the coffee breaks were at least a half hour every morning of the conference. I was glad to get back home and have a full cup of coffee, though. Every single cup I had was very tiny. We alaso had a coffee break in the afternoon, and they were pretty upset if they missed their after-lunch coffee.

Oh, and the house on the left, above, is for sale, in case any of you are interested. :)

On the right is another church in the city.

Schoenbrunn Palace on the only rainy afternoon that we had. The weather was warm and sunny the whole week!

And, of course, the most important sighting of the week was t he following street sign:

2 days to go....
Finished up a busy Holy Week last night and Mark is downtown this morning carrying on family tradition and setting up the sound for tomorrow morning's sunrise service in Old Salem. I am trying to finish laundry and make sure I remember everything that might be essential next week. I was reviewing the schedule of events for next week and thought I would pass it along.

Wednesday:
9-9:30 Registration
9:30-10 Keynote address
10-10:30 Intro of international panel
11-12:30 Country presentation 1: Austria
Table discussion
Lunch
2:30-4:30 choice of activities
Tour and lecture at the UN Vienna
field visit to house for battered women
special session focusing on violence and migration with artists from Zimbabwe

Evening free with students

Thursday:
9-10:30 Country report 2: Chechnya
coffee break
11-12:30 Table discussions
Lunch
2:30-4:30 Choice of activities
field visit to refugees home in Moedling
tour of the SOS Children's Village in Hinterbruehl

**evening at a vineyard in the Vienna Woods**

Friday:
9-10:30 Country presentation 3: Turkey
Country presentation 4: USA
coffee break

11-12:30 Table discussion

Lunch

1:00-2:00 Closing session and presentations of table discussions

3:00-4:30 Farewell reception at the fh-campus Wien

sightseeing in small groups with students


Long lunches, coffee breaks and an evening at a vineyard....a long, rough week ahead. :)

Just a few sights from Wien....
Schoenbrunn Palace, the Vienna State Opera House, Imperial Palace and the Lippizan Riding School.

4/8/06
The countdown begins to Vienna! I wanted a place to share my trips with everyone at the same time. I have included a picture of where I will be staying in Vienna - Pension Lehrerhaus. Their website is www.lhv.at/index.htm and you can choose the English version.

I really will be doing some work there...The conference we are attending is Violence in the Family: At the Crossroads of Cultures at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna. There should be 5 countries participating: U.S., Austria, Chechenia, Czech Republic and Turkey.

My travelin' days have been a long time coming, but I am excited to go and to share my trip with you all.