Chrisus zlog

Today I played the Nikolaus for children in the Stubaital village Kampl.

14 famylies waited for me between 5 and 8 p.m. Glowing eyes from nervous children, smiling faces from proud parents when the kids told me their poems and gave me drawings the kids made or when they sang a song. Oh, what a christmas feeling! The wrong mustache was awful, the wrong Mitra produced headache. But all for happy glowing kids eyes. Maybe next year you want to rent me?

Had a fine lunch today at Locherboden. The decoration is some sort of "Extra-kitschig". But meal is very very good!

Today we were at the Bierstindl in the Gerhard Sexl cabaret "My home isch my Kaschtl". It was intended as an information evening for house builders. It seemed that he has looked at us during our house building and now he tells our story to the audience. Even the story with the dog was ours.

Today I was at the ÖAMTC to make the §57a test. After 207000 kilometers he said that it is in a good shape. Only normal usage-failures that have no consequence. So I got the "Pickerl". fine.

What a wonderful autumn. It is the middle of november and I took a (probably the last) cycling tour in the warm sun. It lasts an hour and took me from the "Grünberglift" to the "Pensionistenweg" and further on to "Gschwent". I enjoyed the last sunbeams and the scenery and the warm sun and cycling. Today I tested the winter-clothing-outfit for mountainbiking and it is warm enough. The coldest place is under the helmet. I'll find a way to warm my ears.

Heavy destroyed villages were rebuilt.

Next doctor 1,5 hours away. Church windows from Innsbruck. Slovenska speaking aunts.

church full, real Klingelbeutel! Memorials for WW I soldiers.

Bovec airport with models flying more than reals.

via Bruneck Stallersattel

Arnoldstein, Cave di Predil

to Soca. Wonderful Flitscher Klause.

Colourful trees.

Since thursday I am glad to own an artists easel. Fine!

Today we went together with Ursula, Clemens and his son Gabriel from Obsteig to "Adlerhorst" above Nassereith. About 10 minutes before we reached the point, the rain reached us and so we took the short way downhill and the parents of Clemens took us with the car back home. But it was a nice 2 hours hike. The best thing of all were the wonderful coloured trees (Rotbuchen). It was a very nice view. And because Obsteig is at 1000 m altitude, it was a horizontal hike with no up and downhill-hiking.

It works fine. Every hour I have a train to Innsbruck. Today I took my bike with me when I went to Georgs Oktoberfest. As in Graz it was fine in Innsbruck too to go by bike through the town. 10 minutes to Georg. In the future I will place a bike next to the station in Innsbruck, so that I have it as I need it.

Today at 8.30 p.m. we met a friend and went into the wood of Holzleiten to have a look at the roaring deer. First we enjoyed the overwhelming look at the stars. You could almost see every little star of the milky way. Then we saw hundrets of glowworms on the floor, so it was a feeling like walking over a star field. Then we met the deer. It was about 20 m away. We couldn't see him, but we could hear the roaring and could smell him. A male goat smells like parfume. So imagin what a roaring deer smells like. Afterwards at 11 p.m. Clemens and I drank a Stiegl on his stairway. This sentense sounds funnier in german. "Wir tranken ein Stiegl auf der Stiegn".

I am back home again, visited my fathers grave, my grandma and enjoyed a train-trip back home.

Interesting 2nd day. 5 hours in one line. Culture of testing and learning Maths. Biking through Graz was great.

Right now I am sitting in Graz in the Dietrichskeuschn, on open youth center. I have no admin rights, but putty works ;-)
The first day of the IMST3 meeting is finished, some interesting referats about math-standards and math-tests in school. Dinner was in the UNI-Mensa, old feelings came up from the time of study in Graz.
The funeral is also finished, it was very sensitiv and familiar. I rented a bike and enjoy cycling through the town. And of course, it was raining.