A couple other things we’ve noticed: there is no such thing as a right turn on red here. Not really important, especially since we don’t drive, but interesting to see. The other thing we’ve been noticing is much more interesting. Kids here are, pardon the pun, not treated with kid gloves. Quite the opposite in […]
Category Archives: Observations
Dinner Snow Update
During our normal dinnering in the kitchen, Mary Jo noticed that the snow was starting to accumulate on the soccer field behind the building. It’s just melting off on the streets and sidewalks, but grass and cars appear to be allowing it to stick around. Also, it’s night here now. Sorry for the dark picture. […]
Going Down
Two things to note. First, people use elevators weird here. On more than one occasion we’ve had someone get on the elevator to go up or down one floor. Really? Just… really? I guess it’s just something that’s done here. Or we live with jerks. Either way, it’s weird. Second, and this is the important […]
Huh?
So, we saw some interesting signs while we were out and about today. The two signs are back to back. So on one side you’re allowed to hold hands and on the other side you’re not? No that’s not true; they’re actually just suggestions. We thought it would be fun to grab a policeman and […]
Miscellaneous Post
This is kind of a mish-mash post, so we’ll just dive right in with a picture of the ARS Electronica center the other night: Kinda creepy. it was all foggy, so it had this weird glow it doesn’t have on clear nights. Next, we have an observation of Austrian culture. You know how in the […]
Gas Prices
Not sure why I find this interesting, but here’s a breakdown of how expensive gas/diesel is here. Current Diesel Price: 1.124 Current Gas Price: 1.184 There are more diesels here, so that’s the most common fuel. Now, those are in Euros. The current conversion rate is 1.3702 dollars per Euro, so factoring that in, we […]