a class trip.

I attend BOKU, a university in Vienna that caters mostly to environmental science students, along with some forestry and landscape architecture and agriculture and all kinds of things like that. Because of this, most classes are very specified for these types of students, which is why I end up going on very interesting class trips.

I just got home from a three day class trip to Styria, which is a province of Austria that's right in the middle of the country. We started every day early with breakfast provided by our guesthaus, then drove up into the green tree-covered mountains of Styria and climbed up higher than we though we'd be able to without proper gear... the views were incredible!

We learned about how mountainous forests protect against avalanches, rock fall, and erosion -- and also learned that a plastic grocery bag from Hofer is not a good replacement for a backpack.

Here's photos!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2217393&l=683ac&id=120807213