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Here’s Your Sign – October 26th

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Euro Cup Countdown

This photo was taken about two months ago when the sun was still around in Vienna, so the numbers on this sign have dwindled by 60 days (Tage) or so.

If you don’t know, and you probably don’t since you’re most likely an American, Austria is hosting the 2008 European Soccer Championships next summer. They will be sharing the hosting duties with neighboring Switzerland.

As with most events of this nature the host country gets an automatic bid into the tournament even if they don’t belong there. And believe me, the Austrian soccer team just isn’t very good at all. They are so bad, that a group of Austrian soccer fans started a petition to try and revoke Austria’s automatic bid to the tournament.

Their appeal is to fans who appreciate aesthetically pleasing soccer: Nice passes, exciting dribbling skills, beautiful goals. You won’t see this if Austria plays, they warn.

Reportedly they have 10,000 signatures on their petition in only about a month’s time. And if you want to further support the cause you can even buy a T-shirt, which I totally would if they didn’t cost 20 Euro.

In any case you gotta love that home town team spirit. It makes me feel like I’m back in Philly the way these Austrians get behind their team.

Here is the official website where you can sign the petition: http://www.rueckgrat.cc/

A current news item with more details is found here if you’re interested: Fans campaign for Austrian team to pull out of Euro 2008.

Fall Festival at VCS

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Fall Festival is a time where our students and parents come to school to share food and play carnival type games set up all around school. The evening is topped off by performances by the elementary, middle and high school choirs. It is always a lot of fun and it is a great opportunity to show off what our school is all about.For more pictures check out my Flickr sidebar or click here.

Here’s Your Sign – October 19th

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Ice Cream ClosedThis is a new feature on my blog where I will take a picture of an actual sign in Vienna and comment on it’s meaning. I hope you enjoy it.

This is one of the first true signs that summer is over here in Vienna. It is the day when hundreds of ice cream parlors throughout the city close until the warm hints of springtime cause us again to crave a cold treat.

This particular sign is just a block or two from my apartment and makes the best After Eight Mint ice cream in town.

Roughly translated (very roughly), We thank our customers for buying and eating our yummy, yummy ice cream and promise to open back up in the spring with freshly made gelato for all.  Until then we hope your winter will be as nice and warm as ours is down in Italy.

Stay tuned next week for a new sign!

Spiritual Emphasis Week Videos

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My video class did a series of videos for Spiritual Emphasis Week, and we tried to do a variation on the theme of the week: Direction Determines Destination. You can decide how well we follow this theme throughout the series. In any case, my kids did a great job and we had a lot of fun with it.

Here is a link to the playlist on my Youtube account:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3E9A67CB9D3DA7E5

Or you can just watch the embedded youtube clips below. I’d recommend watching them in order. It might make more sense that way.