Day 1 in Zurich
Okay, for the purpose of explaining our life more fully, here's Day 1 in Zurich at ICST (http://www.icst.net/), in detail:
4:30am: Wake-up
5:10am: Catch train #1, the U3
5:30am: Walk for what seemed forever, in the snow/rain, following a green line to the CAT
5:50am: Catch the CAT to the airport
6:10am: Arrive at the Wien airport, hear that our flight is already boarding; try to print our boarding passes, but they won't print. Wait in line for a real person. We finally get to the front and they say "I'm closed." good. Get in another line... finally get the tix.
6:something am: Take another train to our terminal
6: something something: Take a bus to the plane for outdoor boarding.
7 something: Finally take off
8:30: Land in zurich
8:45: Take train to Main Station
9:30 or so: Give up on finding the bus and take a cab to hotel
11:30am: Take a bus to someplace in zurich where we've been told to exit the bus and follow the red arrow.
12:00pm: We're still looking for the red arrow. We finally find something that could pass as a red arrow and follow it. It has nothing to do with what we're looking for, but it works.
12:30pm: Tour of part of the computer music facilities and the dance academy.
1:00pm: Lunch!
1:45pm: Coffee #1 = MAJOR shakes and jitters... this stuff was strong.
2:00pm: Lecture. This went really really well (despite the fact that my voice was shaking and screeching from the caffeine) and we got interesting questions from the researchers and faculty.
4:00pm: More of a tour through crazy hallways and awesome film, dance and music studios
5:00pm: Coffee #2.. this time served with cocoa in it and chocolates. More jitters but great conversation.
6:30pm: Bus back to hotel
7:30pm: Bus to train station where we'll likely bus more to the restaurant where we're Germán Toro-Pérez, the Director of ICST (http://www.icst.net/index.php?show=37), for dinner. He's been so wonderful and is a really talented artist.
Okay, now that we've gone through all of that, let me just say that the day's still young and it's been fantastic meeting all the folks at ICST. They're so kind, open, curious, welcoming and ready to share their stories and hear ours. They also have a fantastic archive of books, cds and dvds they're building and digitizing for online streaming. Really really rare items. Here's the link: http://www.icst.net/index.php?show=152
Tomorrow morning we're being escorted to a sound art exhibit, before boarding the train at 1.30pm for the 9 hr ride back to Wien through the mountains :)
Anyway, more to write later.. plus a few photos.
4:30am: Wake-up
5:10am: Catch train #1, the U3
5:30am: Walk for what seemed forever, in the snow/rain, following a green line to the CAT
5:50am: Catch the CAT to the airport
6:10am: Arrive at the Wien airport, hear that our flight is already boarding; try to print our boarding passes, but they won't print. Wait in line for a real person. We finally get to the front and they say "I'm closed." good. Get in another line... finally get the tix.
6:something am: Take another train to our terminal
6: something something: Take a bus to the plane for outdoor boarding.
7 something: Finally take off
8:30: Land in zurich
8:45: Take train to Main Station
9:30 or so: Give up on finding the bus and take a cab to hotel
11:30am: Take a bus to someplace in zurich where we've been told to exit the bus and follow the red arrow.
12:00pm: We're still looking for the red arrow. We finally find something that could pass as a red arrow and follow it. It has nothing to do with what we're looking for, but it works.
12:30pm: Tour of part of the computer music facilities and the dance academy.
1:00pm: Lunch!
1:45pm: Coffee #1 = MAJOR shakes and jitters... this stuff was strong.
2:00pm: Lecture. This went really really well (despite the fact that my voice was shaking and screeching from the caffeine) and we got interesting questions from the researchers and faculty.
4:00pm: More of a tour through crazy hallways and awesome film, dance and music studios
5:00pm: Coffee #2.. this time served with cocoa in it and chocolates. More jitters but great conversation.
6:30pm: Bus back to hotel
7:30pm: Bus to train station where we'll likely bus more to the restaurant where we're Germán Toro-Pérez, the Director of ICST (http://www.icst.net/index.php?show=37), for dinner. He's been so wonderful and is a really talented artist.
Okay, now that we've gone through all of that, let me just say that the day's still young and it's been fantastic meeting all the folks at ICST. They're so kind, open, curious, welcoming and ready to share their stories and hear ours. They also have a fantastic archive of books, cds and dvds they're building and digitizing for online streaming. Really really rare items. Here's the link: http://www.icst.net/index.php?show=152
Tomorrow morning we're being escorted to a sound art exhibit, before boarding the train at 1.30pm for the 9 hr ride back to Wien through the mountains :)
Anyway, more to write later.. plus a few photos.
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