On 4th of July we celebrate the Independence of the United States of America from Great Britain’s rule. It is the day the Congress voted to approve independence by passing the LEE RESOLUTION on July 2 and the Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4. In other words, the United States of America were established on July 4th, 1776, i.e. 247 years ago, when the Founding Fathers Delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states.
Über 80 Gäste treffen hoch über Salzburg im Restaurant Zistelalm ein
Trotz des regnerischen, kühlen Wetters finden sich an diesem Sonntag, 2. July 2023, um 12 Uhr über 80 Gäste zur Feier des 247. Unabhängigkeitstags der USA auf der Zistelalm auf dem Gaisberg oberhalb von Salzburg ein. Anders als gewohnt können wir wetterbedingt nicht im Freien auf der Terrasse feiern, sondern verlegen die Feier ins Innere des Restaurants Zistelalm auf 1001 Meter über Meer.
24.5.2023 Abschied von einer ganz besonderen Person:
Hofrätin, Dr. Monika Kalista, * 21. Juni 1948, + 11. Mai 2023
war nicht nur Ehrenmitglied unserer Society, sondern nahm mit Begeisterung an unseren Veranstaltungen teil. Sie ließ nichts aus, war immer und überall dabei, wenn sie nicht gerade auf Reisen irgendwo in der Welt war. Sie wurde Weltbürgerin genannt, war offen für alles und jeden. Sie liebte es, neue Menschen und Kulturen kennen zu lernen. Eine ganz besondere Eigenschaft war ihr stets freundliches, ja herzliches Wesen, nie klagend trotz diverser Handicaps. Ihre Dankbarkeit, mit dabei sein zu dürfen, machte oft betroffen. Monika war ein integraler Bestandteil unserer Society, ein Urgestein, wir werden sie sehr vermissen!
For me as an AAS member, the Bar at Sheraton Grand Hotel has, over the course of my 5 years of living in Salzburg, become something like a second living room. The dimmed light, the nicely arranged small coffee tables, the observant staff, the excellent beverages... I step into the Sheraton and immediately it feels like home.
Coming in for our After Work Cocktail on March 23, 2023 at 5:30 pm, the first person I see is Martin Langer standing at a bar table, welcoming the guests. He is here with the band "All Souls Night", tonight. They will be playing Celtic Folk for us. I greet him and check whether there are any other AAS members I know. Many known faces. Some new faces. Oh, and there is our President Dr. Maria Ganauser and some colleagues of the board. I greet everyone I know, shake hands, nod, smile, chat, check out or ask what drink they are having. I look around at the tables and see white wine with sparkling water-shots (if anyone knows what these are called in English please write it to me in the comment section!), coffee, beer in elegant glasses, someone is having a fruit juice... but as I am planning to write this blog right after the event, I decide to start with a cappuccino. The staff of the Sheraton usually also prepares 2 cocktails for the occasion. This time there is one with interesting ingredients based on gin and the other one based on vodka. Too sad I need to stay sober tonight! Maybe I should ask the staff about an alcohol-free cocktail one day? Or write the blog another day?