Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Viking Today... 7/9

Bob didn't post any links yesterday and he has a busy day of meetings agian today, so I'm going to try to put something together.

First thing on the schedule for today in Graz from Roger says
11:00 h "Stadthalle: Wettbewerbssaal" Acoustic rehearsal for Cat.1. Duration: 10 minutes
I learned through dictionary.com's translator that Stadthall Wettbewerbssaal means "town hall competition hall."

The schedule also says that today they're participating in "Innenstadt - City": Choir Parade through „Herrengasse“ to Stadthalle Graz. Looks like they'll have nice weather for a parade.

I couldn't find anything related to the wording from the schedule, but I when I typed "Herrengasse" into a translator, it came out as Gentleman Lane. I found this picture
when I typed "Stadthalle, Austria" into google maps.

These pictures came up as near Herrengasse, Graz, Austria on maps.google.com
and so did this one.

A post from Bob for 7/8 likely would've had a map of where the boys were headed. I don't know how to make a link for a map with pictures like Bob does, but I can tell you how to see one. To see the route the boys would've taken from St. Florian to Graz go to maps.google.com and type in "St. Florian, Austria to Graz, Austria." The upper right corner of the map has different buttons to click. If you click "more" you can see photos added to the map, and then click on each photo to see it bigger. You can also change the view of the map by choosing "map," "satellite," or "terrain" and you can zoom in and out using the up/down bar on the upper left corner of the map. To move around the map, click and drag the little hand cursor.

You can also just type in "Graz, Austria" to view a more specific map of just Graz. On the left of the screen, there are some pictures and you can click on "more photos" or "more videos" to see more stuff.

This could be the hotel the boys are staying at. If you type (or copy and paste)
Wagerberg 199, 8271 Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
into maps.google.com you can see where the hotel is in relation to Graz.

I can't make a link to a translated version of the hotel's website, but to see a translated version yourself, go to here, click on "free web translator" in the upper right corner. Then choose german to english and type (or copy and paste) this
http://www.wilfinger-hotels.at/scripts/index.dll?group=2&active=10&page=31
in the space where it goes.

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