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Friday
11 May 2001[ Switzerland photo edition ]
^ Before we left our hotel in the morning, I requested that we take photos out on the balcony. Matthew and I each took photos of each other hugging the air and then I combined them on the computer. You can see that the edge of the balcony doesn't line up as it passes behind Matthew (I got lazy), but otherwise I think it turned out well...
^ Today Dan and I went to lovely Bern while Matthew was teaching. Here's the view on the drive into the center (zentrum) of the city.
^ This was a window display I really liked.
^ I thought Matthew would really enjoy this light creature...
^ On the left is me in front of our hotel, on the top right is a picture I took of myself in the classroom, on the bottom left is the belt I bough in Bern, with the end curled into my belly button.
> Matthew said that having me in the room would make him too nervous while he was teaching, so I sat in the classroom next door and got caught up on my trip journal. I also cancelled an erroneous hotel reservation and procured a map of Vienna.
But during these activities, I also snuck into the hall and held the camera out so that it pointed into the classroom. I love this shot of Matthew in the process of explaining something. He said that his classes went really well except for the time on the first day when he realized he was teaching with his fly open. He made a joke and rectified the situation. I'm sure he'll be pleased that I shared that with you, hee hee.
I think after all the stress he makes preparing for teaching, the actual act must be a relief. Today, during his lunch break, as we sat in the cafeteria, he said that he felt it had gone well. Later he said his evaluations were also good, so I'm sure all went well. He's very talented (and I'm very biased). Now his mum can stop worrying...
^ More shots of Matthew at work teaching...
^ In the upper left hand corner are two guys whom Matthew and I talked to about Formula One. In the upper right hand corner is the James Dean of Austria; I regret having taken the picture after he finished his cigarette. In the lower right hand corner are two guys who were taken with the James Dean of Austria, cursed at us in German in the parking lot, and whom I refered to as "the hoods." Last is the sunset as taken from the autobahn.
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