Italy Audition

I went to Bolzano, Italy for an audition last weekend, and took quite a few pictures despite very little good weather.  To get to Bolzano, I first had to go to Innsbruck (about four hours away), and then change trains (for another two hour ride).  So my pictures start and end in Austria.

Innsbruck City

Street Performers

Cool Fountain

Bolzano Center

Bolzano on a Sunday morning.  Not a person in sight.

A secret passage.  Bolzano had a lot of cool tiny streets

The Cathedral

One of the many castles in the area

Innsbruck one day later.  Note the sun!

I have no idea why there was a parade.  There just was.

A nice church in Innsbruck

Kathryn's First Ever Bike Trip

Since Florian is home, and it's finally acting like spring (or maybe summer, hard to tell), we decided to go for an afternoon bike trip together.  I recently acquired a bike, and I'm enjoying being able to ride around (although I am really quite bad at going up hills).  So yesterday we set off from my house, and started riding towards Germany (yes, we did cross the boarder eventually, but we weren't in Germany for long).  Near Bülach (where I live) we found the river Glatt, which we followed to the Rhein.  We crossed the river into Germany, and then rode on (and crossed the boarder again) until we found a nice spot for lunch.  Then we rode through Hüntwangen, Wil (ZH), and finally Rafz.  From Rafz we biked through Flaach (which spelled with one "a" would mean "flat" in German, which it was not!!), Dättlikon, and ended in Pfungen.  Then we caught a train back to Bülach.  Here are some pictures of our grand adventure. 

The view from the bench where we ate lunch.  Not sure if what we could see was Switzerland or Germany, maybe both.  We were on the Swiss side at the time.

Enjoying the sun

My awesome bike!!! (and Florian's awesome bike too)

Florian on our lunch bench, complete with picnic knife

Hmmmmm...  where are we?

The grass is super green, but the trees haven't quite caught up yet.  Spring sprang on us suddenly.