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Day 333: Krakow adventures
06/30/08 07:33 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 333 — Krakow adventures
30-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I’m in old
Krakow today, the medieval Polish city, with some
very interesting sightseeing and train station
stories. There’s some drinking involved. Photos.
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30-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
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Day 332: Tylawa, my mother’s birthplace
06/29/08 07:29 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 332 — Tylawa, my mother’s birthplace
29-Jun-1972 (Thur.)
Today is
the reason I have come to Poland. I see my mother’s
birthplace in the village of Tylawa. What an
emotional experience imagining my mother growing up
in this beautiful village. I meet a very nice girl,
Maria. An incredible day.
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29-Jun-1972 (Thur.)
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Day 331: Off to Tylawa
06/28/08 07:20 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 331 — Off to Tylawa
28-Jun-1972 (Wed.)
My
relatives from Pennsylvania come to Malomice today
but it is a short-lived visit. Uncle John is driving
me to Tylawa. Watch out for those horse-drawn wagons
on the highway.
You learn the reason I have come to Poland.
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28-Jun-1972 (Wed.)
You learn the reason I have come to Poland.
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Day 330: Farming is hard work
06/27/08 07:39 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 330 — Farming is hard work
27-Jun-1972 (Tue.)
We spend
the day working the fields. I’m almost a farmer by
now. You get to see me on a horse, as well.
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27-Jun-1972 (Tue.)
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Day 329: Village life
06/26/08 06:40 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 329 — Village life
26-Jun-1972 (Mon.)
Today, I
learn a bit about village life and tending the
garden. It ain’t easy folks. Try pumping the water by
hand, carrying it a distance, and then hand watering
a large garden. The fresh peas and strawberrys made
up for it. Lots of photos today.
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26-Jun-1972 (Mon.)
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Day 328: Arrival in Malomice
06/25/08 07:35 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 328 — Arrival in Malomice
25-Jun-1972 (Sun.)
Another
amazing day of travel in Poland. I arrive at my
relatives in the village of Malomice. I won’t mention
my skirmish with the law just yet. Photos today.
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25-Jun-1972 (Sun.)
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Day 327: Arrival in Poland—what a day
06/24/08 07:21 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 327 — Arrival in Poland—what a day
24-Jun-1972 (Sat.)
I’m in
Poland. A totally incredible day of travel with a
long post that documents parts of my journey to
Poland and my first impressions of communist Poland.
A book-learned kid suddenly wakes up to the real
world and finds that people are friendly the world
over and that soldiers carry machine guns. And that
you can sometimes travel to the wrong town in the
wrong part of the country on steam locomotives.
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24-Jun-1972 (Sat.)
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Day 326: Leaving—no, still in Vienna
06/23/08 07:13 AM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
Day 326 — Leaving—no, still in Vienna
23-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I goofed. I missed my train. My journey to Poland didn’t happen yesterday. Do I make it to the train on time today? Certainly.
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23-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I goofed. I missed my train. My journey to Poland didn’t happen yesterday. Do I make it to the train on time today? Certainly.
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Day 325: Leaving for Poland
06/22/08 07:33 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 325 — Leaving for Poland
22-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s the last page of my journal and I’m leaving for Poland. What is going to happen? They journey continues.
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22-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s the last page of my journal and I’m leaving for Poland. What is going to happen? They journey continues.
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Day 324: Spanish Riding School, Vienna at night
06/21/08 07:37 AM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
Day 324 — Spanish Riding School, Vienna at night
21-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A nice day
with a lot going on—packing, swimming, the Spanish
Riding School, and taking some night pictures of
Vienna.
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21-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 323: Horn recital and goodbye and hello to friends
Day 323 — Horn recital and goodbye and hello to
friends
20-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is a big day. My horn class recital and saying goodbye to my friends and teachers in both my horn and electronic music studies. What a wonderful year!
2009 brings in a surprise—Ragtime.
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20-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is a big day. My horn class recital and saying goodbye to my friends and teachers in both my horn and electronic music studies. What a wonderful year!
2009 brings in a surprise—Ragtime.
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Day 322: Time for psychology
06/19/08 07:54 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 322 — Time for psychology
19-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I enter a trans-hypnotic state to see if I can convince myself to play horn without making any mistakes. Does it work?
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19-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I enter a trans-hypnotic state to see if I can convince myself to play horn without making any mistakes. Does it work?
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Day 321: Music to relax by
Day 321 — Music to relax by
18-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
An opera puts me in a better mood. Today, I say I’m relaxed.
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18-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
An opera puts me in a better mood. Today, I say I’m relaxed.
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Day 320: Recital pressure
06/17/08 08:15 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 320 — Recital pressure
17-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I’m stressing out for my upcoming horn recital. Uh, oh!
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17-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I’m stressing out for my upcoming horn recital. Uh, oh!
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Day 319: Winding down
Day 319 — Winding down
16-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It looks
like I’m winding down to the end of the school
semester. What’s next? I don’t know. We have to wait
to see what the journal reveals.
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16-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 318: Der Freischütz, again
Day 318 — Der Freischütz, again
15-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Der Freischütz for the third time.
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15-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Der Freischütz for the third time.
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Day 317: Nothing new
06/14/08 07:54 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 316: Preparations
06/13/08 07:51 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 316 — Preparations
13-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Non-interesting preparations for my trips.
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13-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Non-interesting preparations for my trips.
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Day 315: Technical difficulties
06/12/08 07:46 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 315 — Technical difficulties
12-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Just some minor technical glitches in continuing to make my final Fantasy copies.
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12-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Just some minor technical glitches in continuing to make my final Fantasy copies.
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Day 314: Horn quartet in church
Day 314 — Horn quartet in church
11-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I play in
a horn quartet today in Prof. Gabler’s church then
take a walk through Schönbrunn.
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11-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
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Day 313: Thank you Prof. Lintz-Maues
06/10/08 07:22 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 313 — Thank you Prof. Lintz-Maues
10-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I receive a CD from Vienna with the lost recordings of Fantasy on Broken Glass, newly digitized by Prof. Lintz-Maues. What a thrill to hear those recordings after all of these years. Thank you, Prof. Lintz-Maues.
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10-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I receive a CD from Vienna with the lost recordings of Fantasy on Broken Glass, newly digitized by Prof. Lintz-Maues. What a thrill to hear those recordings after all of these years. Thank you, Prof. Lintz-Maues.
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Day 312: Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
06/09/08 07:18 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 312 — Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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Day 311: Warm-cold, good-bad
06/08/08 07:12 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 311 — Warm-cold, good-bad
08-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Normal day of life’s opposites. Nothing that drinking at night won’t solve.
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08-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Normal day of life’s opposites. Nothing that drinking at night won’t solve.
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Day 310: World premiere—Fantasy on Broken Glass
Day 310 — World premiere—Fantasy on Broken Glass
07-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I make a
last-minute, desperate attempt to remix my Fantasy
composition for tonight’s world premiere. Do I make
it? Does the audience like it? Do I need to drink my
sorrows into the ground?
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07-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 309: Almost there
06/06/08 07:15 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 309 — Almost there
06-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m trying to finish up a “new” version of my piece. The concert is tomorrow.
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06-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m trying to finish up a “new” version of my piece. The concert is tomorrow.
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Day 308: Preparing Fantasy
06/05/08 08:11 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 308 — Preparing Fantasy
05-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I remiss a bit about going out with friends for casual conversations over drinks and food. I am preparing my composition for a concert. I am being asked to play in a horn recital. The pressure is mounting.
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05-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I remiss a bit about going out with friends for casual conversations over drinks and food. I am preparing my composition for a concert. I am being asked to play in a horn recital. The pressure is mounting.
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Day 307: Beautiful Sundays
Day 307 — Beautiful Sundays
04-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Vienna has a ton of beautiful Sundays in the spring. It brings everyone to the parks. I am trying to figure out my summer plans. What to do?
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04-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Vienna has a ton of beautiful Sundays in the spring. It brings everyone to the parks. I am trying to figure out my summer plans. What to do?
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Day 306: National Hungarian Symphony
Day 306 — National Hungarian Symphony
03-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
It’s the Hungarian National Symphony at night. I love em. I talk about their style of horn playing.
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03-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
It’s the Hungarian National Symphony at night. I love em. I talk about their style of horn playing.
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Day 305: Planning a trip
06/02/08 07:11 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 305 — Planning a trip
02-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I’m planning—to go to school at Indiana University, and to visit Poland.
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02-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I’m planning—to go to school at Indiana University, and to visit Poland.
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Day 304: Good deed at Prater
06/01/08 08:06 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 304 — Good deed at Prater
01-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s a holiday and I go to Prater. I do a good deed there.
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01-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s a holiday and I go to Prater. I do a good deed there.
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