Berlin

Die Bowling Green Studenten reisen am Freitag nach Berlin! Wir besuchen den Berliner Dom, die Museuminsel, die Reichstagsgebauede, das Theater, und mehr! Wir freuen uns, die Stadt zu sehen!

Pictures and stories from the trip to come next week!

Maifest!

Today, May 1st, is a very important day in Austria! It is Austria's Labor Day, and there are many festivities throughout the country. The Bowling Green students celebrated Maifest by going to the events at the Freilichtmuseum. It is a tradition on May 1st to put a Maibaum, or May tree/May pole, in the ground. It took about 30 men in lederhosen 2 hours to get the giant tree all the way up! The tree looked to be about 70 feet tall, and had three wreaths circling around it. Once the tree was in the ground, people tried to climb up it, in order to get the prizes (pretzels in this case) that were hanging from the wreaths. The higher you can climb, the higher the honor! It was very fun for all of us to experience such an interesting Austrian tradition!

Wir fangen wieder an...

Nach zwei Wochen Osterferien, fangen wir wieder an! Die Studenten haben die Ferien genossen! Einige Studenten waren am Reisen--Griechenland, London, Wien, Berlin, Polen, Italien, Deutschland, usw. Aber jetzt muessen wir wieder lernen...

Ausserdem warten wir auf Fruehling in Salzburg! Es gibt jetzt nur Regen und kaltes Wetter..kein Spass! Vielliecht naechste Woche?

Glueck Auf!

Am Samstag, 20. Maerz, haben die AYA Studenten Salzbergwerk Duernberg (Hallein Salt Mines) besucht. Die Hallein Salt Mines wurde vor ueber 2,500 Jahren von den Kelten Salz aufgebaut! Die Studenten haben auch ueber Fuersterzbischof Wolf Dietrich gelernt, der die barocke Residenzstadt Salzburg aufgebaut hat, dank dem großen Salzvorkommen. Es gibt zwei lange Bergmannsrutschen in dem Bergwerk, und die Studenten haben diese Bergmannsrutschen genossen!

Hallein

"Das Versprechen"

On Sunday, March 14, many of the students went to see Friedrich Duerrenmatt's "Das Versprechen" (The Promise) at Salzburg's Schauspielhaus. The play takes place in Switzerland, and tells the story of a detective, Kommisar Matthai. At the beginning of the play, a young girl is murdered, and Kommisar Matthai, who is forced to bring the terrible news to the parents, promises the mother that he will find the murderer "bei seiner Seeligkeit." Through a series of twists and turns, this Versprechen ultimately leads to the detective's own downfall.

Gluecklicherweise war das Deutsch ganz leicht zu verstehen, und alle haben "Das Versprechen" total genossen!

Wir fangen wieder an!

After an exciting month off school, classes started again today. Students traveled all over during the semester break, going to places such as Amsterdam, London, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Lithuania, Turkey, Kosovo, and even all the way back to America! After a successful semester kickoff party at Dr. Guenther's yesterday, we are ready for the second semester (and hopefully spring) to begin!

Beginning of the Semester Party

Mittagessen bei Dr. Guenther:

Sunday February 28: Dr. Guenther will host a Beginning of the Semester party for all the AYA students, old and new, on Sunday at 1:00. We will be welcoming six new undergraduate students, as well as enjoying specialities such as Currywurst, Borscht, Salate, and Kuchen!