Salzburg girls (Mary, me, Maija)
My first short weekend in Austria was spent (as you can see in the post below) exploring with Al, settling in and meeting my roommate Martina, who is absolutely wonderful. My first full week was spent in Hinterglemm - a mountainous area in Salzburg's countryside - attending orientation with the other American and British scholarship recipients. There are a TON of Brits here, by the way. I think a solid half of us are American, and the other half come from the UK. I wish we had spent orientation doing more teaching prep; instead, we spent most of it getting to know the differences between British and American English. For example, the Brits call underpants "pants" and pants "trousers," which of course can lead to some amusing cultural miscommnications. Nothing too dire, though. Mostly, we got to know the other kids who will be working in the state of Salzburg. Salzburg is the capital city of the state of Salzburg, which is in the country of Austria, which is part of the EU. Confusing? It can be.
In addition to meeting the students, we spent a day hiking and yodeling. One of the teachers there was this guy named Hans, who knows my family! (He also knows Maria von Trapp - the real lady of Sound of Music fame - and we sang to her over Skype at orientation!) Hans is a fabulous accordion player and yodeler, and brought his accordion all the way to the top of the mountain just so we could yodel and sing at the top. The majority of my pictures from the week were from this particular adventure, which is fitting because it was the most memorable part of the week.
In addition to meeting the students, we spent a day hiking and yodeling. One of the teachers there was this guy named Hans, who knows my family! (He also knows Maria von Trapp - the real lady of Sound of Music fame - and we sang to her over Skype at orientation!) Hans is a fabulous accordion player and yodeler, and brought his accordion all the way to the top of the mountain just so we could yodel and sing at the top. The majority of my pictures from the week were from this particular adventure, which is fitting because it was the most memorable part of the week.
The beginning of our hike
Typical Austrian mountain houses
"Senior pic" take one with the Salzburg girls (Emilly, Mary, Maija)
The view
Cows!
"Senior pic" take two with the Salzburg girls
With Emily and Maija at a beautiful lake halfway up the mountain
View from the lake
View from the mountain hut
The hut
What do you do when you get to the top of a mountain in Austria? Drink beer and eat strudel, of course!
...and yodel.
Hans and one of the other students, leading us in our yodelfest
The sun came out for a little while
Emily and the horse
Cows
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