AIFS Salzburg, Austria

Nicole, Andreas and I were in Mirabell Gardens today - - thought you would like to see the Salzburg staff in "Trachten" -

I thought I would share an amazing experience our current student Alex Ortins had last week while hiking. He was able to see the "Gams" an alpine mountain goat "up close" which is not an everyday experience:


Ingrid,
Just wanted to let you know I am safely off the mountain. I had an amazing time. I started at 3PM on Friday, hiked until midnight and found a small cave which was a very good shelter. I was able to get a fire going and cook some pasta (always a great morale boost to get warm food). I was up at 5am to finish the climb to the summit and was there by 7am just in time to see the sun rise over the mountains. I was the only one at the top until around 8:45am. It was sunny and clear, could not have asked for a more amazing view!

I was checking my map at one point and felt something behind me. I turned around and no more than 15 feet away I had a friend watching me (see pic). I figure this is the animal you were speaking of? I ended up seeing about 6 of them.

I appreciate all your help and I found your warnings very appropriate as this was easily one of the more dangerous hikes I have done. I was well prepared and had no issues, but I would have been in a lot of trouble if I did not have the right gear with me.
Thanks again!
-Alex


PLEASE NOTE:
students should only hike the Untersberg mountain with official mountain guides - NOT ALONE. Alex is an experienced mountain climber, but please always heed our warnings before considering hiking this mountain.

A view from the Kitzsteinhorn mountain

I recently took a cable car up the Kitzsteinhorn mountain (part of the Hohe Tauern range in the eastern Alps - reaches a height of 3,203 m (10,509 ft) above sea level) and was lucky to encounter the Alphorn Festival during the “Gipfel Klänge Kitzsteinhorn” festivities.
The views are breathtaking . . . if you like to hike, you can do so until mid September!

AIFS has been sending students to Salzburg since 1965 . . .
http://blog.aifsabroad.com/2013/05/23/tbt-1965/

tales from around the globe | #tbt 1965 It’s and we are going way back to our first ever group of students who studied abroad. In 1965 we sent high school students to Salamanca, Madrid, Perugia, Tours, La Rochelle, Vichy and Salzburg. It’s pretty amazing to think we have been sending students to Salamanca and Salzburg for 48 years. I...

Stefan and J.D. with their Homestay "Hausfrau" Frau Lindenthaler

Today is the last day of the SS13 semester.
As of tomorrow, the group is on their way back to the US or traveling about and we are sorry to see you leave :(
Thanks for a wonderful semester - you guys were really positive considering the weather was not great this last month.

Thanks also for the amazing photos and video - we love seeing what a wonderful time you all had here. If you want to blog for AIFS, please check out this link -
http://blog.aifsabroad.com/tag/austria/

Please keep in touch, stay safe and our best wishes to you all!
Ingrid, Nicole and Andreas

http://www.aifsabroad.com/journals/austria/salzburg/adampauley.asp

AIFS Study Abroad Student Journal: Salzburg, Austria - Adam Pauley AIFS Study Abroad Student Journal from Salzburg, Austria

http://blog.aifsabroad.com/2013/04/04/why-austria/

tales from around the globe | Why Austria Interested in Austria and want to learn more? Thinking about studying abroad somewhere and wondering if you might like Salzburg? Never heard of Salzburg before and what am I talking about? Read on!

What a wonderful day - students on the excursion to the Dachstein Ice caves .

Stefan Niederauer, a current full year student, has produced a wonderful time lapse video of Salzburg:
http://youtu.be/7JOL-ZbLjUI

Salzburg in Time