Insbrook Austria

Our final night in Switzerland we had a fondue party.

These three Swiss sisters have been yodeling and performing for the Ambassadors for 12 years.

The swiss cows wear these bells when they graze in the hills and the hills are truly alive with the sounds of music

Insbrook Austria at the ski jump from the Olympics

downtown Insbrook Austria

Gelatto in Insbrook

Yummy.

This is the sign in the park announcing the concert

Seefeld Austria Concert.

We are now in Austria and staying in a winter village that hosted some of the 1964 and 1976 winter Olympics. The concert was in an awards ceremony pavilion. We went to Swartski's main crystal showroom, three floors. I told Janell see what you want and we will look on ebay for it and we left. German is the official language here. When I walk into stores and look they say "German or English" to me. I guess I look local? Thought for the day. How would you like to be a six year old learning to spell things like Wohnungseigentumsgemeinschaft? You've got to feel for a little German speaker trying to learn to spell.

Voyagers is the group that organizes the Utah Ambassadors of Music that we are with. They have 14-20 High school musical groups coming each summer. they have planned advertised performances for bands (outside in band stands) and for choirs (usually inside churches). They are very organized. Each city has a local couple and an American host. They love Utah because of the high standards, friendliness and respect. The city leader said the southern states don't care about time and they are frequently late. The Hawaii group is worse and don't wear shoes! The California groups are streetwise and disrespectful so they love us. We have 75 band members, 150 choir and 100 adults/chaperons.