Terezin

I'm putting my pictures of Terezin in a separate post, because they don't really fit with the rest of Prague. Terezin was a jewish ghetto built in a fortress, with a nazi prison built into the attached small fortress. Terezin was where most of the artists were sent at the beginning of the war, so it is known for it's music (there were several orchestras inside the ghetto), theater, and art. As the war went on, Terezin served as a gateway to deportation--most of the people who started in Terezin ended in a concentration camp or death camp such as Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, or Treblinka.

The graveyard--many of the graves are only numbered, and there are also mass graves here. The people who are buried here died after the war of typhus.

Entrance to the small fortress prison

"Work will make you free"

A memorial to the suffering of the victims

If people would like more information or pictures, I have them...

FAQ

So..... I feel like I should answer the questions I get asked the most and explain why I haven't blogged in a while......

Why haven't you blogged in a while? Mostly because nothing very interesting is happening. Also, what has happened, I don't have the pictures for yet (they're on friends' cameras)

Where are you? Switzerland

When are you coming home? Tomorrow (Saturday the 7th). I'll be in Colorado until the 18th, California from the 18th-1st, and then Colorado again from the 1st until the 8th (of September).

What did you do for your birthday? I went to an air-show and saw lots of planes and helicopters and such.

I've sent you a text. Why haven't you answered me? All of my phone numbers have changed (that means that my american cell (which won't work until I land anyway) has a new number, my German cell no longer exists, and thus I have a Swiss cell number). Email me if you need numbers, I don't want to publish them here (same with my new address).

When does school start? September 20th

Any other questions?

What time is it in this photo?

Take your best guess!

Oldenburg, 10pm

I decided to go out around 10 to take some pictures of how light it still is.... It's hard to get a clear view of the sky (there is no high ground, and most buildings are at least two stories), and my camera really doesn't want to focus.... but here's the best I could get....

The Last School Update

Hi!

Although I liked the teacher in Berlin, circumstances there made it impossible, thus I will be going to Zürich next year. I will try to keep this blog updated as my adventures continue, starting before school starts with a trip to Prague, and then with my time at a conservatory (yay!) starting September 20th.

I have five more weeks of school, 3 presentations, and 2 papers before break. I'm greatly looking forward to being able to actually enjoy the 21 hours of sun this place is getting daily, and to figuring out how to actually get all of my stuff with me to Switzerland.

That's all for now... =)

School Search Update

So everyone keeps asking me if I've posted this on my blog yet, so now I am. I got officially accepted into Zürcher Hochschule der Künste! That would be the one in Zürich. So what does this mean? Well.... I love Zürich.... so I will probably end up there. HOWEVER, I am visiting Berlin tomorrow to get to know the teacher and the school, and will probably still audition there in two weeks. If I am accepted, then I'll actually have to think, possibly quite hard (depending on my impression tomorrow) about where I want to spend the next few years of my life.

That's all.... :) I'll maybe write about Berlin when I get home....

Kathryn Needs....

The idea of this is to type your name and the word "needs" into google and list the first ten results that make any kind of sense....

1. Kathryn needs help. In the sense of relationship advice about 14-year-old boys. Oh dear, I thought I was past this...

2. Kathryn needs numbers. Okay?

3. Kathryn needs to give herself some credit. Ouch.

4. Kathryn needs to do her side. My side of what?

5. Kathryn needs to stop a freight train. I'm missing something crucial here...

6. Kathryn needs a title. Hmmmmm.....

7. Kathryn needs some healing pixies. I agree, you never know when a healing pixie could be useful...

8. Kathryn needs a share in Grand Rapids, MI. I don't wanna move to Michigan, thanks.

9. Kathryn needs no introduction as the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes. What???

10. Kathryn needs to [blank]. This was on someone's blog. She wanted everyone else to fill it in....

Anyway, somehow that wasn't quite as entertaining as I hoped it would be. Oh well.