January 9, 2009, Herzl
The largely smoke-free Happy-New-Year-Stammtisch

Photos and comments by Max.

Hooray, Austria finally has got a strict non-smoking policy in public places as of January 1, 2009! Well... not really: they did it (of course!) "the Austrian way", which means no one really knows what the policy is exactly. Or something like that. Still, some people do know, and this meant that our room in the 'Herzl' now officially is a smoke-free one... with a couple of democratically appointed exceptions for the crowd.

Andrea and Manuel are transfixed by the... uhm... shrubbery (bottom left of the picture) on the table.

Gotcha, Kathy! And you people in the back, smile at the camera, not at her!

Kay got an impressive new camera for Christmas. One of her favourite targets: Keith. I love his Star Wars jacket, by the way. You should see the back (skull'n'-bone stormtrooper, he he he).

Flo and Leni, now that's a photogenic Stammtisch couple! And a photogenic Murauer!

Claudia is eying Kay's camera. But the others are eying her.

Empty glasses, full brains. Deep discussions.

Chris got hold of one of the many post-Christmas-(swap-)gifts from Hendrik. (Thanks again for bringing them!). Roland got hold of his glasses.

Mark, a.k.a. Inspector Gadget: always an interesting and/or new electronic toy in his hands. Thanks for all your effort with the Language Exchanges project and your help with the AAC website!

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