Just to prove it's not all work and no play

Saturday night in Salzburg...

at a great bar opposite the künstlerhaus (art house)

that's our Jacqueline on drums!

and yours truly clanging heads with Lucia on the dancefloor!
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Salzburg

As you know, I went to Salzburg for my day off. It really is a beautiful city.

This is the view from the fortress. The fortress sits on top of a sheer mountain and it is reached by funicular

It is also the location of the Salzburg campus of the Summer Academy but, being Sunday, the art school area was closed off.

The Salzburg Summer Academy has a prestigious history which I have only just learned about. It was established by Oskar Kokoschka in1953. After the barbarity of World War II he wanted to create an open meeting-place where people could gather to cultivate humanist ideals.  He called it the "School of Seeing" and it's basic principle was to provide a non-institutionalised, non-academic environment in which students could experience art and develop inwardly through creative seeing. He sought to encourage open-mindedness and enthusiasm amongst the students.  (From the summer academy website)

From my point of view, his vision has been realised
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The sun is shining!

So. It's Sunday and the sun is shining. I can stay in my room and catch up on my posts about the work we've been doing...

or I could catch the train to Salzburg and spend the day wandering cobblestone streets and visiting art galleries.

I hope you'll forgive me
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Have you missed me?

Probably not. But I've missed you.

Really...

You especially.



Not much to report but at the same time, Oh So Much.

The biggest news is that I'm going to Austria!

Salzburg in fact!

I found out that Manuel Vilhena will be teaching at the Salzburg Summer Academy.

Manuel Vilhena! (post about his conference talk from my trip to Idar-Oberstein)

I'm so there. He is ace! His work is Ace! So I applied.

And I've been accepted.

Whoop whoop!!

departing 28th July.