Art Opening

Friday brought the good news that Jessica had passed her
french exam, allowing her to continue on track for the next
academic year. She will spend August in Normandy as an au
pair for a french family, friends of Julie and Georg. That
should root her french language skills deeper.

Eli returned from Kaernten on Saturday, quite enthusiastic
about the art course she took from Joze Ciuha. Dinner that
evening was in the back yard and was preceded by Eli's art
opening - also in the back yard. The show consisted of
about 10 pieces of abstract art done with acrylic. The
opening was attended by the family plus Hansi and Sepp
Schwaiger, well known art critics from down the street and
around the corner. The art was splendid and the opening a
great success. The subsequent dinner consisted of items
from the grill plus salad etc., accompanied by prosecco and
then a cuvee from Burgenland.

Eli has agreed to write a piece for this blog about her
experience in Kaernten Taking the art course. So you can
look for that in the next week or so.

Before Eli's arrival by train, Georg, Julie, and I biked up
to Wiegenalm, taking advantage of some beautiful weather.
At the alm we had a Radler and then biked down the other
drainage and back to Kirchberg, just in time to meet Eli.

Sunday started with a few drops of rain, but then became
quite nice. Georg made lunch while Eli and I took a hike
up Sonnberg and Julie biked up Rauher Kopf. After lunch I
gathered my stuff and biked to the train station for my
last trip to Salzburg.

Richard
2004.06.28