LENDWURM STATUE

This statue stands in the heart of Klagenfurt and has been here for over 300 years. This is what Wikipedia has to say about the statue, translated from German.

The dragon fountain at the new place in Klagenfurt from the 16 Century is the landmark of the city and is the emblem of the city is a dragon.
The fountain was founded in 1583 by order of the city of Carinthia stands commissioned by. The work was long and Andreas Ulrich Vogelsang attributed, but is probably by an anonymous master. The dragon was carved from a single block. The monumental sculpture shows the animal with open mouth from which the water flows, and invested wings. The tank acts like punching, the tail is swinging artfully.
Originally, the dragon stood with his head to the north and had no well, although this was foreseen at the beginning of. The fountain was added in 1624, then likely also to set up in east-west direction have been made.1636 was the statue of Hercules of Gurk court sculptor Michael Hönel added. The swinging leg of Hercules reduced while the heraldic effect of the well remembered, but to the foundation legend of Klagenfurt, after which the dragon of today's Klagenfurtof brave men killed was in the area, making the area was safe and habitable.

Its a pretty cool thing to see live- and no visit to Klagenfurt is complete without a stop to visit the Lendwurm :)

DOWNTOWN KLAGENFURT

Well we did make it downtown- it was HOT though- and I was carrying on my back not only my computer- but my clothes I had worn to work- and a few shirts that I purchased VERY cheaply downtown. Went by a building I remembered from last year with that Bavarian fresco work-

Got a few other shots from the historical part of downtown Klagenfurt as well.

SOMETHING ELSE FUNNY ON CAMPUS

I keep forgetting to ask here what the meaning is behind these signs, but it seems to me that its an effort at a sense of humor- I find it funny at least. In a walkway that connects some of the buildings of the campus- there is this sign when you walk down it on one side- it appears as it does on the "blue"- however, the other side, in black/white appears as in this picture. What do you think?

CLASSROOM

Here's a shot of my classroom I took today after the students were gone. They're pretty nice actually. Really nice part is that you can open up the windows and actually get a breeze in class unlike the CBB at UNI which is sealed I believe with cement and polyurethane to avoid having any fresh air get inside. This other shot is one of the hallway in the Accounting Department which is called "Controlling" in Austria :)

AUSTRIAN MAILBOXES

Lest you ever doubt or question me when I tell you that some things are very different over here, take a look at this Austrian mailbox that Carol pointed out to me in downtown Klagenfurt today :)

GERMAN COMPUTERS

HEZ
I just had to send out a note from workß I got some office space which is terrific, the onlz thing that I didnät plan on was having a German computer! I never even gave it a thought, but the kezboard is compltelz different!! There are szmbols on here that I have onlz seen in sign writingsß and the best part of all is that when I tzpe, I automaticallz come out sounding JUST LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARYYENGER. HOW COOL IS THAT!!!! Carol is coming into town to meet up with me as I am done teaching for the weekß we are going to go for a bike ride into Klagenfurt downtown and do some whateverß right now i could eat a little lunch. Its just the funniest thing to tzpe tho and have these words come out differentlz than what zou are writing. OK Iäd best get off. Talk laterß

GET UP!!! GET UP!!!! YOU'RE LATE!!!!

Well that's pretty much how my day started- with it being the first night before

a new class, naturally there's aways a little apprehension--- there even is teaching

at UNI- so to begin teaching a class in Austria- called "Behavioral Accounting"- yeah a little sleeplessness. I finally fell asleep about 3:30am and then i would wake up on the hour and see that I still had time to sleep- my alarm was set for 7:15am

Well accting as if an asteroid had suddenly burst through the ceiling of the room I was woken up with a burst of shaking from Carol in great exasperation saying- 'WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!!!! its 8:00.

Staying very calm for some reason I say patiently and drowsily, "Oh I highly doubt that its 8am- but thanks for waking me up cause i just got sleep about an hour ago!" Then I hear, 'sorry- i have my watch on upside down'.... never mind- its 6am.

GOOD grief-after taking another 1/2 hour to fall asleep i got about another 45 minutes :)