Biking on the Donau and Bowling with the peeps...

What is it with the rain these days... I kinda feel like I'm in Seattle. One day it's raining the next day its beautiful and then for three more days it rains... But alas, not all things are meant to be perfect. If it were, then we wouldn't have heaven to look forward to.


I would like to apologize to everyone for not staying on top of the blog, but I do have a good reason. The internet has been a little temperamental here... seriously. I think it's all the rain.


But this is what has been going on for the past several days...

Thursday- The staff went biking on the Donau, or the Danube as Americans call it. We started in Spitz (a little bit outside of Melk) and biked through Krems and into Durnstein. The scenery was quite lovely. The countryside was painted with vineyards and quaint country roads. The sun was shining, and the weather was in the upper 70's (F). My favorite parts of the ride were the small towns along the bike paths and the vineyards. Here are some pictures...

Friday- We did a whole bunch of work around the campus to prepare for the arrival of the students on Monday. Wow I can't believe they are going to be there this soon. But we are definitely excited. I'll be sure to post pics of the arrival of the Americans. You Europeans better have some appreciation for entertaining you the way I do... :-) But after all the work, we decided to take the staff Bowling in Purgstall...

My favorite parts of the bowling excursion have to be singing Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer", and watching Jerome bowl. I think I may have been crying...here are some pics from the night...