Posting from my new Blogger app

Two years ago I went to Prague and Vienna to prepare for this trip and I brought my iPad. I will do so again, but in the geologic era that is two years in Tech Land, everything is different now. I downloaded a new app to post and read in blogger. It seems to work quite well. Here is my experimental photo. Hmmm. In posting it, it would seem that I cannot choose where it will go. This is a picture of me cheerily walking into a danger zone. What else is new?

Departure soon!

We all got together on April 13 to finish off the last details.  Debbie prepared a fabulous breakfast for everyone so that we could be ready for the Teutonic breakfast we would get when we arrived in Vienna.  We had rolls, pretzels, meat, cheese, and the ever essential Nutella. It was quite the feast!

Here is a close up of the tasty toppings. 

 and here is the divine bread selection from Servatti's.  Super-yum!

  

Going Back to Vienna with Some Friends

May 5, I leave with my bestie Debbie, and sixteen new friends to travel to Vienna, Prague, Harlaxton, and London (in that order).  I will be teaching a course called "The Literary Gothic: Surrealism to Horror", but it's not as bad as it sounds.  I think that the Gothic is an atmosphere in literature that people like because it is about fear. Not to put too fine a point on it, but fear is scary, and our world is becoming a pretty scary place.  If we can read these texts, face these fears, and learn to be brave in the face of uncertainly, dense fog, darkness, and general oppression, then we have a sustaining strength that is a real life skill.

We have a great group. We're meeting on Saturday to talk about packing, intercultural development, and what a real continental breakfast looks like.  A group photo with all our luggage is coming soon!