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Unsere Gedanken sind in Österreich momentan. We look forward to our first holiday in 25 years starting on the 14. 08. 2023. Well, not the first vacation, obviously, but the first without any hindering relatives or remodelling/repainting/revamping the house. The plan is to spend six days in Wien as our Headquarters and randomly visit neighbouring cities. We'll see how things pan out because Vienna is a bustling city with many touristy places, so we might only drive to the city centre and take long walks there.

My English study consisted of planning the next class and correcting errors with ChatGPT. First, I finalised the plan, enhanced the tasks, and tailored the smooth transition from checking the homework to the actual lesson. I enjoyed it. After I asked ChatGPT to provide me with random sentences containing various mistakes, I had to detect and correct them. It went well, and I was pleased with my performance, apart from one tiny mistake.

The weather has changed. The morning was warm, and when we hauled our bikes to the bicycle shop, we were sweating like two pigs on ice. On a side note: we want to sell our old bikes because we haven't used for ten years. The rest of the day was cloudy, sunny, and windy. According to the weather forecast, tomorrow will be sunny initially, and then the weather will turn rainy and gloomy, so much so that Monday will be cold. The highest temperature on the first day of next week will only be +22°C. Wonderful...

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