Our Days

My work day begins when I bike to Techno Z arriving at about 6 AM, an 8.715 minute ride. I teach my Linux class later in the morning, but otherwise grade assignments (from Salzburg and EWU students) and develop new material. Eli usually visits in the morning, but otherwise goes her own way. She has found some art courses. In one case, she has stepped into an ongoing Friday course taught by a Chinese woman who has emigrated here. Eli and the teacher have German as their only common language. The other course won't start until the week of June 20 and will be in the province of Kaernten (Carinthia) about 2 hours by train. Eli will stay there for the one week intensive course.

I usually leave work by 3 PM and go back to the apartment, looking for Eli. Then we may go for a bike ride (weather permitting - actually an exceedingly rare event so far) or grab our umbrellas and go for a walk. By accident we seem to end up at a Konditorei or Gelateria thereby nullifying the postive effects of the walk. In our experience, this time of year is rainy in Salzburg. Each year, the natives grumble that the weather is worse than usual. Evidently the rain washes away their memories of the day before, the week before, and the year before. This year's heavy snowpack coupled with the current rains is reminding the locals of the prelude to the devastating flood of two summers ago.

On weekends we leave Salzburg - most typically by train to Tirol, with our bicycles. With the wet weather you would expect the bicycles to rust, but it is so wet that oxygen can't even get to the metal parts. We then return the evening before the next school day. This coming weekend is something of an exception. Although we'll travel to Tirol on Friday, only I will return to Salzburg on Sunday. Eli will stay in Tirol, giving Julie some 'babysitting' help Tuesday night. Since next week is a 3-day work week (those pesky holidays), I'll be able to rejoin Eli in Tirol on Wednesday evening.

Richard
2004.06.04