Pictures from my (Kim's) camera!

Okay, so until I actually take the time to remember in what order I'm loading things, please read this post from the bottom to the top. No, really...I'm serious. :) This thing isn't working right...being quite tempermental. Anyway, I'm sure you can piece the sentences together with the pictures. Have fun! And write me! It's so nice to see a message in my inbox when I actually have a chance to get online. :)

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The Schloss Eggenberg is not only a beautfiul castle, it is home to many peacocks. Some nice enough to show us their plumage, others showed a different side... :P

















































































Saturday night we got all glammed up to sing at the Schloss Eggenberg. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I was at a castle and it was amazing! We sang in the courtyard and in the grand ballroom. Amazing!

































Yesterday, Saturday, we sang our first concert at the "Karl-Franzens-Universität". We sang as a 40-voice choir from the balcony of this grand place.















Aren't these flowers beautiful? I bought them from a little blumen stand. Had to whip out some Deutsch, and I didn't do half bad. It made me SO happy that I practically ran home. :)















This is the sign for the stop that I can take into the center of town to the Jakominiplaz. It used to be a tram, but that is under maitenance right now, so a bus now picks us up to drop us off there. Yup! I'm using public transportation...and it's nice.

Random fun pictures from Nishi's camera

So, if I did this the right way, the first picture is of me next to the poster of "AIMS IN GRAZ" announcing all of our performances. This happened right before Nishi and I got locked into a store alleyway and couldn't get out. Two nice Austrian men helped us. hehe...that was interesting.



Next is...Nishi and Alexander (our Austrian tenor friend) when we were at a wurst stand. :)



Now this one is either our cute hair that Mandy did for us for our first hearing out here...or the first dinner that Nishi and I prepared at the Heim...Ich weiss nicht (I dunno).



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Okay...now I have a feeling that the pictures are all over the place and don't really correspond with anything, so consider this a fun matching game! :)

Oh yeah, the one with me in the hat is just a fun picture from our Easter dinner this past April.

Okie...Love yous!!!

Resa

No pictures yet, but....

Yeah, I know, I was supposed to take lots of pictures, and I have taken some, but haven't had the time to figure out how to load it all on the computer and post it...but I will have lots when I get back home, that's for sure!

So, the exciting news of the day is that I will be singing with the AIMS Graz orchestra on three concerts starting August 2, 2006. :) I got a little note in my box saying, "Please come down to the operetta room." Mind you, those in the operetta room are VERY high energy. So, I walked in there and they said, "We'd like for you to sing on our orchestra concert of Strauss's 'Zigeunerbaron'!" Woo hoo! So, right there, after I went and made a copy of the music and had MAYBE five minutes to look over the 3 stanzas of text, I sight read through it with Vicki King and Dorit Hanak. I didn't do half bad either. :) Soooo.....yeah. Cool, eh?

Ummm....I had a good sandwich today...avocado, turkey, lettuce and gouda cheese. I know that doesn't sound too impressive, but it was SO cool to actually find avocado. The produce has been less than impressive here. Also, I had an authentic Styrian specialty yesterday, bought by an authentic Austrian. His name is Alexander. Very nice. He took Nishi and I to a wurst stand. I got to try her Curry Wurst. Very good. I was going to order it for myself, but Alexander stepped in and said he'd order for me the Styrian Specialty. It was Kase Wurst or something like that. There was this HUGE dallop of mustard on the side. Now those who know me, know that I DEFINITELY don't eat mustard, but I couldn't refuse or turn him down, as that would be rude. So You take the wurst, dip it in the mustard, and then dip it in some shredded cheese and enjoy. It actually wasn't that bad! :) And he was sly and paid for us too, which was really nice. Mmmmmm...Wurst.

Oh yeah, I'm singing at a castle with the AIMS choral, which is a bunch of soloists wanting to be heard. :P But it'll be fun. We sing in the morning at some sort of coronation thingy at a University building. Oh, and we get free lunch. SCORE! Then at night, we get all dressed up in pretty gowns n stuff and we will be bussed off to a castle not normally open to the public (We were invited!). It will be lit only by candlelight inside, and I hear it is just magnificent! I'll take pictures.

Sehr toll! (Very cool)

Okay, that's good for now. I'll write more when I know more. Love you guys!

Resa

Yesterday I met an Austrian gnat...

...and I had a whole lot more to say about him, but it got erased :P

So! I will write more later. This isn't much of an update, but I love you all and am having a great time :D Oh yeah...I had my voice hearing in front of the faculty and it went REALLY REALLY well.

Okay! Love yous!

Resa

Just a few more hours...

I love my family. They are all wonderful. :)

I'm exhausted and almost totally packed...

my kitties are telling me to go to sleep...I think I may listen to them.


Love you all!

Wie ist das Wetter in Graz? (How is the weather in Graz?)