Edelwiess

Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you great me;
Small and white, clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me.
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Edelweiss, edelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever!

The family has gone to church. I didn’t quite wake up early enough to join them. Perhaps next week, after a week of studying German hopefully I’ll be able to follow along a bit.

It’s a cooler morning this morning than it has been since I arrived. We did get some rain last night, so maybe we’re finally getting a break from the heat.

I have yet to mention the window’s they have here in Austria. They are the neatest things. If you turn the handle one way the window will swing in the room, opening wide. If you turn the handle another, the latch mechanism changes and the window attaches at the bottom and opens like the way an oven door would, but it only opens a little. This way it is great for when it’s raining, to prevent rain from getting in and keep the rain from getting stuffy.

This afternoon I have my “audition” which is really more for the teachers to put a face to name to voice. We do get free wifi at the college, so I may be spending a little time there after my audition to catch up with things online. Tomorrow I begin with German classes and will find out my voice lesson schedule. Then in the afternoon we’ll have a walking tour of Salzburg, which will probably much, more extensive than the one we had yesterday.

One thing they told us yesterday was that with the Salzburg Festival about to start there would be famous musicians from all over wandering the streets of this little town. In other words we should not be surprised if and when we suddenly run into someone on the street. They also said, should we meet a singer, to not hesitate to walk up and introduce ourselves along with the program. This program is now in its 26th year here in Salzburg, so many have heard of it. It is our hope that upon introducing ourselves, we may be able to have them come and do a master class, or at the very least come and talk to us about their life/career. We will re-arrange our schedule however needed in order to accommodate them.

Martina, Martin and the girls are home and I’m going to help Martina cook for the BBQ this afternoon (which I have to miss for my audition). They say hello to all of you.

So for now, Ciao.