In one week, I will be in Venice.
Right now I am a little scared, a little anxious and a little sad to be leaving Graz.
That said, this next week will be one helluva week. Monday we will be visiting the synagogue in Graz. Apparently the synagogue was built by the city and given to the local Jewish community as “an act against forgetting” the Holocaust.
The building, built partially with bricks from the original synagogue destroyed in 1938, was dedicated on the anniversary of Kristallnacht in 2000. (Here is an interesting story about the building.)
After Monday, the “fun” begins. Wednesday I have a language essay test followed by culture essay test on Thursday.
On Wednesday I am hoping to do a Church Crawl in Graz. As of yet no one in the group is interested, but I am hoping more people will want to come. My plan is to see all the churches in Graz in one evening after school.
Thursday evening is our “Abschiedsfest” or going away party. We are supposed to be coming up with something to perform there for our families. I am kind of excited about it. It sounds very interesting.
Friday is our last official school day although we are not having regular class. The only thing on the schedule is a visit to a Cafe Sacher located across the street from the building where we have school.
Finally Saturday morning is when I leave for Venice. I had to change some things around on my itinerary again so I would have enough time to change trains. Now I am set to leave the house at 5:30 a.m. in order to make it to the train station by 6:54 a.m.
It should be a very interesting week.