msnodgress

Spring Break in Holland

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:05:00 +0000

Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:17:00 +0000

It seems each time we go out in the city we run across some sort of celebration, festival, or event. Today we came across a parade of bands from each region in Austria. They had on their national dress and were marching around the Ring - which was closed to traffic (including the trams!). It was a nice way to end our 'first day of summer'.

Cherries!

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:16:00 +0000

School View...

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:55:00 +0000

... from my classroom window.

May Day Flowers

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:45:00 +0000

Happy May Day!
(a day early... )

winter in the city

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:55:00 +0000

Urban Sledding

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:20:00 +0000

For the kids in the city - what do you do when it snows?
Find a cobblestone road with a hill, put hay bales at the bottom, block it off from everyday traffic, and SLED!

Posters on building walls

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:23:00 +0000

Direct light and snow!

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:16:00 +0000

We were quite excited on Thursday when we returned home to find no more scaffolding and plastic outside our living room windows! We have a yellow building, can see the street again, and have direct sunlight streaming in through the windows! What a concept!
This event was highlighted by a day of snowfall in the city - everything has a beautiful white covering of snow. Today we have a layer of snow and blue skies - something unheard during the Viennese winters!

All Saints Day

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Nov. 1 is All Saints Day. A holiday for the Catholics, and a tradition for most Viennese. Each Nov. 1 families visit the cemeteries and the grave sites of their loved ones. It is the time each year for fresh flowers, large wreaths, and new decoration in general. The decorations are large and quite noticeable. The cemeteries are busy for the whole day. A flower shop had set up a stand outside the cemetery gates to sell wreathes and flowers for the visitors, as the shops are closed on Sundays.

Kurbis Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

We went to a pumpkin festival!
Here are some pictures!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35924&id=1064838518&l=4e95e027dc

Happy Birthday Meredith

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:59:00 +0000

The boys celebrated just for you!
Aren't they thoughtful?

Sigh...

Birthday Dessert

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0000

For my birthday we visited a cafe that serves nothing but elegant desserts. It was a hard decision, but I ended up with creme brule. Yum. A good find by David!

Mom and Dad's Visit

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Here's a link to the album!

Graduated

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Plymouth Univ.

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:36:00 +0000

Final iImage

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:37:00 +0000

My final draft of an image that was to represent an educational topic in a compelling way... I chose literacy.

(click to enlarge... I think... )

Meme

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Meme: element of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, that are transmitted from one mind to another

Quickfire Challenge: 20 minutes to use a random title, 4 words from a random quote, and a random photo to create an album cover for 'my band'. Using Wikipedia, QuotationsPage, and Flickr, I used to assembled it all at Photoshop.com. The final project is a little dark, but alas, I was a bit limited. It was a great challenge and was fun to see what everyone created.

Riverford Organic Farms

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:40:00 +0000

The MAET program took a field trip to an organic farm, just 30 minutes from Plymouth. We toured the farm, did a little taste-testing, and learned about their functioning philosophy as an organic farm. They have even started making the lunches for the local grade school. It is becoming popular in the UK to order 'boxes' from these organic farms. Each week you get a new box of fresh veggies and fruits delivered from the farm.
The trip culminated with a delicious lunch from all organic foods - great salads, grilled veggies, and I hear the salmon was great. My favorite was the dessert - shocking!

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:22:00 +0000

School's Out For Summer!

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:41:00 +0000

Today was the last day of school for the kids! Much like ZMS, all the teachers go to the bus lot to wave the kids good-bye. I had a great group this year and will miss them ... after a little while. It was a nice, relaxing day for them and me, and we are all happy for a good, long break!
Chris and I are off to Ghana for Jeff's wedding. It'll be great and I am sure the painful immunizations I've received will be worth it. :-) We will be busy and owe Jeff and Tamara for giving up their time to entertain with us!
Getting back, we meet Chris's mom at the airport and head home. I'll have about 12 hours to wash, repack, and sleep before heading back to the airport to head to London. Chris will be busy showing his mom the sights around town. It's my last summer at grad school and hopefully, come July, I'll have a Masters Degree! Fingers crossed! :-) It'll be great to learn new things and see old friends, but it'll also be good to have my summers back!
Faye and Dick will head out to Plymouth for graduation and return to Vienna for some sightseeing, and ... maybe some wedding planning!

Spargel Season!

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:03:00 +0000

It's asparagus season and restaurants have whole menus dedicated to the asparagus - green and white. Spargel season is here!

Life Ball

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:38:00 +0000

In short terms, it's a huge, themed costume party to raise millions of dollars for AIDS. Wow. Our friend David went, and Holly did his make-up! What a crazy night - after he went into the ball, we stood outside and watched all of the happenings...

Before:

During:

After:

New Toy

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:00 +0000

Chris splurged and bought a projector for our family room wall.  That's one way to fill up a large white wall!
So now we get movies (and tv shows), in full movie size! 
Hello McDreamy!!  0:-)

Charlie and Leo

noreply@blogger.com (Marissa) — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:06:00 +0000

Meet the newest members of our family!