Marie's College Graduation

It's Official!  Marie's a Bachelor (of Science)!

The graduates enter; naturally throughout the program there was music by Haydn and Mozart.

Marie receives her diploma from the President of the College and her Department Dean.  Her degree is in molecular biotechnology, and the title of her Senior Paper is on the screen.  She's now working full time at CeMM  = the Center for Molecular Medicine in Vienna.

The proud (cute) graduate

The proud parents

Leaving campus for the last time?

Time to celebrate.

Congratulations, Marie.  We love you!

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Kelly and Martin in Oslo

We are here in Oslo. The weather is great, the people are nice. We saw lots of ships. Tomorrow we leave for Alesund.
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School

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Weekend with Karma

Karma was on a business trip in Paris and Madrid, and, luckily for us, she tacked a quick weekend in Austria on to it.   We picked her up at the Vienna airport, gave her a whirlwind tour of Vienna, brought her home to Klagenfurt, gave her a whirlwind tour of Klagenfurt, and then put her on the train back to Vienna.  We really enjoyed ourselves.

St. Stephan's Cathedral, Vienna

Opera House, Vienna

Parliament Building

City Hall, Vienna

Votiv Kirche, Vienna

Good food at the Brezl-Gwölb

Next day we made it to the gorgeous Lake Wörth, two minutes from our house in Klagenfurt.  The weather was heavenly.

Magdalensberg was also gorgeous.  No wonder the Celts and then the Romans chose it for their settlements.

Downtown Klagenfurt has plenty of statues to keep us amused.

Hochosterwitz is always impressive -- and always reminds us that we live in a great location.  Come visit us!

Easter week in London

I met Kathy in London during Easter break.  We met at our exclusive hotel in Bloomsbury near King's Cross Station -- had a highly efficient bathroom where you could easily multi-task.  Hey, what do you want -- breakfast was included.   I had the best intentions to take a lot of pictures -- even took a camera -- but that lasted about one day -- got too heavy to carry around.

The British Museum 

Hampton Court after a lovely boat ride down the Thames.

So much for the camera  -- but we did have a lovely time.

Fasching 2011

Fasching in Klagenfurt was different this year!

Kelly was under pressure to dress up for school. She was Generic Jack (get it?)

Emily loves her Krapfen from Wienerroither. She got it!

Munch (no, not eating), the artist

In front of the Villa Manin in Codroipo Italy

In a field of angels

 

Ready to go into the Munch art exhibition

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Thanksgiving on Halloween

We celebrated Thanksgiving a bit early this year.  We visited Marie and Egbert in Vienna this weekend and decided it was the best time to have Thanksgiving dinner -- one of the advantages of living in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving is that we can basically celebrate whenever we want.  Our turkey is a bit smaller this year! :)

Friends, Fun, Food & Shopping

We took a quick trip down to Italy at the invitation of Martin's cousin, wife, and two daughters.  Our main goal:  Forte dei Marmi.  On the way there we stopped for lunch in Ferrara with plenty of impressive middle ages and renaissance architecture.

Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy

Cattedrale San Giorgio, Ferrara, Italy

We then continued on to Forte dei Marmi where  the DeMarco family hosted us in grand style. An early morning walk on the beach -- it was a bit cloudy and the sea a bit rough.

The clouds are covering the Alpi Apuane, the mountains in the distance.  Usually the clouds moved on by the afternoon.

Our place of residence.

Wednesday morning market shopping.

Happy market-shopping smiles all around!

Thank you DeMarco's for your hospitality!  

We took off after the market and headed home, stopping in Parma (yes, we did buy yummy Parma ham and Parmesan cheese).

Duomo Santa Maria Assunta, Parma, Italy

San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, Italy

Battistero, Parma, Italy