I thought you’d want to see where you’d be actually “living”–i.e. where the “dorm” rooms are. Everyone will eat in the Schloss and some of the classrooms are over there, but 50 feet away is the Meierhoff, the pink building below, which is actually 100 years or so older than the Schloss (which dates from 1736).
The Meierhoff was originally a carriage house and stables, apparently for a LOT of horses, since it now has 60 single and double rooms (all with their own bathrooms), offices for the Salzburg Seminar, a large library, a bunch of classrooms, and 4 apartments for staff members. As you can see, there’s a courtyard in the center. All the dorm rooms are on the second and third floors (or first and second floors in European terms). Some look toward the courtyard, some toward the lake and the mountains, some towards the fort and town.
I want to share some information about the rooms and what to bring. You will effectively be living in a hotel room–clean linens (duvets) and clean pillows, fresh towels, etc. The maids who come every day will NOT pick up after you (i.e. pick your own clothes off the floor), but they will clean your bathroom sink and shower and empty your trash, and give you clean towels, etc. One warning, however. If you don’t keep your room reasonably clean (especially if you throw clothes on the floor and leave soda cans and other food debris around the room (rather then putting it all in the trash) the maids will stop coming to your room to vacuum and give you fresh linens. (That happened to a couple of messy students last summer.) So be aware that it will be in your best interest to try and keep your room in a reasonable state.
All rooms (singles and doubles) have bathrooms (shower and toilet) inside the room. If you’re a woman you might want to bring a hair dryer–there are some but not enough for every room. Its the same with irons. If you do need a hair dryer or iron you can ask for one at the Meierhof reception desk. There is a safe in every room or you can leave valuables with the reception if you want. The staff has been at the Schloss for years and years and there is no danger from them, but it is always a bad habit to leave small pocketable valuables around. LOOK AFTER ANY MP3 PLAYER OR DIGITAL CAMERA YOU BRING.
AND DO NOT FORGET TO BRING AN ADAPTER PLUG (two pin, Europe) FOR YOUR LAPTOP.
