Guest Services, Professors & Ice-Cream!

Sandy, Faye & Diane have been assigned to guest services. Guest services is responsible for setting up and cleaning up after meals. We will soon be put to work tomorrow for cleaning, washing and taking care of the student dorm rooms. Everything is very organized here and Dottie is quite the leader. We are expecting 53 students from Russia, Ubzepakistan, Czech, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukaraine & Moldova. We won't be able to take any pictures of the students due to putting the students at risk of their lives and persecution should it get in the wrong hands. According to the staff the fullest they've been in a while so we should be busy. Also, each of us will host a table for lunch and for dinner every day.



One of the professors we met today is from Romania. He has taught in country classes in Poland and Moldova. Now he will be teaching a course this session at TCM. Another professor is from Australia and he stopped at TCM for rest and was off to do an in country class in Ukraine.



We also had our first experience ordering ice-cream in Laxenburg today. Eissalon was a happening place. You had better know what to order before you even get to the counter. This was a bit intimidating since none of us knew what the flavors were as everything was in German. We've figured out that 'cona' is cone. Several flavors sound similiar to English words and fortunately the lady helping us seemed to speak some English so told us how much it was in English. When we were at the museum earlier today, the lady there did not know English and we couldn't remember our German numbers so our trip leader, Debbie, helped translate. Guess we need to have them write it down if we don't have that help in a future trip. Sandy got 'Heidenbeer' and Jeff got 'Kaffe'. Heidenbeer seemed to be a Raspberry Sorbet and Kaffee was coffee ice-cream. Both very yummy! Both for only 2.50 Euros. Thank you Ken & Donna for your Euro coins!