Vienna - We meet the students!

Guten tag!  We’re in Vienna for the next week and have met up with the students. This morning, we all took the tram to the University of Vienna and Mark conducted an orientation meeting. 

Universitat Wien means University of Vienna

 There are 28 students, 2 tutors, Mark, Maggie and me.

Portrait of Max Perutz, who investigated hemoglobin structure and variation

Mark's class and classroom on the 6th Floor

Mark speaking to the class - Maggie is in the back waiting for her turn to speak to the group.

Before the students arrived on Saturday, Mark and I had a couple of days in Vienna to ourselves.  This is the view of St. Stephans Cathedral from our hotel room (AM St. Stephansplatz Hotel). 

 

 

Vienna is always a fun place to visit – there are museums, old churches, tons of stores, Mozart, Klimt, and hundreds of years of antiquity to enjoy – here are a couple of views of St. Stephanplatz:

 

We had lunch at the Sacher Hotel Café where we ate the original Sacher Torte:

 

Tomorrow, we travel to Brno in the Czech Republic to spend the day at the Mendel Museum.  On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the class meets for regular session at the University of Vienna.