A Salzburg Experience

A Salzburg Experience

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Seminar

by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 

 21st - 27th January, 2018

Schloss Arenberg, Arenbergstrasse 10, 5020 Salzburg Austria

It took a flight from Dar to Zurich to Munich, a total of 11 hours before taking a shuttle to Salzburg.

If there is something I love, it is staying in transit. For a fleeting moment to experience what a new place feels like, its beautiful skies and the architecture of the airports at every stop.

A minimum of 3 hours layover is always the safest😉 to timely enjoy transit in any airport and if you want to explore...well make it 5 then.

The sight at 0930hours as we were taking our shuttle ride to Salzburg. 

No boots or winter coats and at this moment I thought...yap this is it, I am finally getting myself a winter coat or a cold.

My travel motto is; go light come back heavy and   I mean luggages so you can definitely imagine how I had some sweat-shirts, scarfs, gloves and left the rest to the power of socks😂

The only person I knew at this very moment was Gibonce, my fellow countryman and there is always that first time jitters to meet knew people so you are somewhat inclined to keep with the pack you know.
That evening while waiting for the introductory dinner, the corridor was packed with echos of at least 31 fellows for this seminar, 5 faculty and our host Stephanie. Little did I know that the first people that came up and started talking to me, the very people I first sat with at my dinning table would be the very people that would make this one week experience filled with sheer excitement.👌

This was my all time gang, from left; Gibonce, Spaska, Bereket, me, Yalchin and Tsolomon. 
We took down streets, discovered new heights.
If only you could see us as we marched down the streets like we owned them, in reality we were all very new to this place. We didn't leave pebbles on the way just a keen eye for every street we turned.
From deciding we would go see Home to the sound of music and Mirabellgarten to detouring for an afternoon of shopping at Europark.
Nothing beats the laughter we had, some memories locked in and ignited by a mere sight of an old picture or recollection of a memory.
Bereket and how he would say, "Girls" 
Bereket and Yalchin tales of No Head
This here is a friendship in the making and future places to visit.
Be it day or night.
Bulgaria, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan or Tanzania

"Love Locks Bridge"

"Salzach River  by Night"

"Salzburg view from Hohensalzburg Fortress"

In a fleeting moment, there is so much in life to be appreciated, friendships to build, knowledge gained and the American Austrian Foundation made all this possible.
I met a diversity of worlds but learned there is only the need to meet humanity with the service to others.

Kisses to life
For every passing day is a taste of new flavour.