

I spent the morning at a Zentangle(R) course at that wonderful institution, the Volkshochschule — or VHS, as it is known informally. The VHS is the extensive, varied, and affordable network of continuing ed institutions in this case run by the city of Vienna.
The course exceeded in every way my expectations and was a really good investment of my time and money.
What I also wanted to report on was an intercultural aspect — the perception of punctuality. I arrived two or three minutes before the official starting time, was the last person to arrive, and felt a little as if I had kept people waiting. And this on a Saturday morning! For a leisure time activity! Note to self: two to three minutes before the official starting time is already late.
What fun! And so amusing to think about different expectations of time: we had to get used to Latin American time when we were in Mexico and even in Texas. NO ONE arrives at the scheduled time, it’s actually considered a bit rude to get there less than at least a half hour “late”!