Wednesday, September 29, 2010

This will never get old. Never.


This is the men's magazine in Austria.

I'm not kidding.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Fulbright starts Tuesday!

Fulbright orientation starts Tuesday. I'll be sitting in on mandatory introductory sessions that include:

* Living in Austria: The Challenges of Everyday Life

* Austria: A User's Guide: A few points of historical orientation that may be of use when dealing with the "natives" in the coming months

I am especially looking forward to the session entitled, "The Austrian Condition!"

So, it might not be the most relevant information for me, considering I have my own little lab rat at home (!!), but it will be nice to meet the other Fulbrighters and to learn more about their projects and work in Austria. I do, of course, have the continued insecurity about my age and that I'll simply be the grandma of the group. But, oh, well. The price I pay, I guess.

On the upside, I will finally get to the Melk Monastery, as we have a little Fulbright field trip on Friday! It's one of those places "you have to see before you die" -- an hour from our apartment and it's taken me 6 years and a group of Americans to get there!!

Back in Wienerland

And I am going to blog. I am.

To update my 2 followers (who already know this, but still...), I'm finally ABD after 3 years of more or less 3/4 time in the US and 1/4 time in Vienna. I arrived last Friday (17 Sept) and am here full-time, researching and - theoretically, at some point - writing my dissertation.