Day Trip

After breakfast today, we all took a trip to Vienna to visit a museum and a park. Some of the students that arrived early went as well.

We visited the Museum of Military History. They have collections of weapons and paintings of battles from the 1700 and 1800. The inside of the museum is a historic building and are made of marble and ornate columns. The ceilings are painted with murals depicting Austrian emperors and kings. I was able to get some pretty good pictures before I was informed that you need a permit to take pictures. Not sure what that was about, since everyone and their brother were taking pictures. Even taking pictures with flash which is a no-no.

There was a separate section detailing the integration of Austria by the Nazis into a unified German state. They had many peices of Nazi propaganda and field artillery. There were also a few american Jeeps and ambulances mixed among the German tanks. It was a bit uncomfortable walking around so many Nazi artifacts and thinking about what all that was used for.

We took our sack lunches to Schloss park and walked the trails and take pictures. There is a very good and popular ice cream (Eissalon) parlor there.

Every short-term worker has a table number assigned to them for hosting tables when the students arrive. Table hosts 1-7 hosted tables tonight as a warmup with some students and the rest of the STWs and staff. I am #16 so I might host a table tomorrow night when all the students finally arrive.

The jet lag is getting better, although I am still trying to stay awake during the day and taking Tylenol PM to make sure I sleep at night.

I think tomorrow is a dry run of our assignments before the classes start on Tuesday morning.