While settling into Linz, I mostly explored the city this month, as well as making a trip to Vienna with some friends, a hike in Kirchdorf an der Krems, and finally got to visit a concentration camp, Mauthausen, one of the first and biggest in Austria.
As far as teaching has been going, I've been assisting students both at the Pedagogy University (between ages 19-40) as well as teaching two classes per week at a primary and secondary school nearby; one is a group of 12-year-olds and the other 15-year-olds. I look forward to the lectures and the students and teachers seem to enjoy my presentations.
Vienna Oktoberfest:
Schönbrunn palace in Vienna:
I went with my friend to the biggest club in Vienna, Praterdom, even though it has a reputation of having only 18-year-olds who go. In the newspaper the day after, there was an article about the club being evacuated around the time we left because of an alleged pepper spray attack, someone had felt threatened and used pepper spray to defend themselves. The article was on the front page of the Austrian newspaper. It's a perfect example of what "crime" and dangers may be here; sure, robberies may occur, an alleged pepper spray accident, or other small crimes, but you'd never see a headline of a school shooting or other vicious crimes that may or may not involve guns or weaponry.
In general, Austria is a very safe country. Many young children are often seen walking by themselves to and from school or wherever, which goes to show that even the parents do not worry about something bad happening to their children here.
Linz:
Mauthausen concentration camp:
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