Graz 2024

     Your children are some of the nicest and most well-behaved students I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. From dealing with all the walking tours (which were amazing!) to travel glitches (why didn't Google maps like Austria??) and to figuring things out as we went sometimes (4.00, 14.00, or 16.00?), your students kept their cool and kept it together. Their continued kindness and joy in learning made each mishap and adventure and future story to tell.      Under this update, you'll find a link to the Graz album which has pictures from several different students in it. This is where we sourced the albums pictures from. I do have some more to add as well. If your student would like to add them please let me know and I gladly will.     My phone is still in Austria so the pictures I took the of the Goodbye program I cannot yet import. I'm working on that now. Hopefully, I'll feel better soon too!     Many thanks again for your children! Graz Sammelalbum

  It's hard to believe the time has gone so quickly! Our last week is passing by faster than I'd like. Monday the weather did not cooperate with our planned swimming time so we chose to enjoy a movie. Inside Out 2 was a great way to spend the rainy, chilly afternoon. Tuesday we watched the Glockenspiel play. The whimsical characters danced after the clock struck 3. Then we enjoyed a small walk to the Grazer Laundhaus. The inner courtyard has truly beautiful Italian Renaissance architecture. I'm not so sure all the students appreciated the grandeur. But they willingly posed for photos.  We've spent the rest of this week preparing for the Abschiedsprogramm. This is our goodbye gift to our wonderful host families. I'll be sure to check their luggage before we leave to make sure no one tries to bring home a "new" sibling.  Lol!  What do you think the students liked the most so far? We leave tomorrow morning for a stop in Salzburg before heading to our hostel f