Hello, Here is a short report about the most recent CDO-Convention in Italy. The convention was great of fun for me. There was a big folding room where you could hang out with people, fold, chat and have fun. I also attended some of the classes, namely the Quill and Shell by Hoang Tien Quyet, the fan by Franceso Decio, a Fujimoto-Step Hydrangea taught by Claudia Maroska, and a Fox by Roberto Gretter. The food was good, always consisting of two kinds of Pasta (or Risotto), meat with vegetables and potatoes and a dessert - most often cake - that could be replaced with fruit. Since meals in Italy seem to take at least one and a half hour it was advisable to bring some paper along for folding. So at one meal I taught a spinning top to some fellow folders on my table. Like always the shop was overrun by people who didn't need to fight over the good priced paper and books because there was enough of everything for anyone. The second time I've gone to the shop, I saw a big sand coloured, well formed spider placed on the big sheets of paper. Just wondering if someone forgot it there or left it there on purpose I continued screening the paper until the lady who sells the paper started screaming because the huge spider had run away. Turns out it was a real one and not a folded one like I thought. After a bit of search we found it again and another customer got rid of it. Again it's been a fantastic convention and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next.
If you want to see some pictures you can follow this link: https://plus.google.com/102065857387278089884/posts/iEBgWrrVphc Or view them on the Origami Austria Homepage: http://www.origamiaustria.at/en/cdo2013.php Nice Greetings Anna
