Hello,In fact, we still have 8 free spots in the French workshop (but places are filling up quite fast).
I appreciate your suggestion Rob-Tom to expand the workshops but I don't think this is possible as things are allready expanded to the max. In fact all started by Coralie and I wanting to join a Steens workshop at Canelo. We then figured we might as well fly them here to teach a workshop instead of us flyin' to the States. It then turned into a 2 month European tour (mostly organized by Lars Keller). But the Steens want to go home after 2 months (seems they really like America ;-) and in Europe it is not legal to work day & night. So we figured that 4 workshops in 2 months leaving a timeschedule that allows Bill & Athena to actually enjoy being on the road is a good balance.
All the best, André de Bouter France www.lamaisonenpaille.com
As it so happens, a message showed up in my mailbox yesterday which mentioned the following:I have had a request by a Portugese arquitect looking for SB workshops oriented towards "profesionals"-anywhere in Europe.And now that it's good to be an American [again], we are going to Europe for a couple ofmonths this summer. I'll give you more details later but apparently the four workshopsthat are scheduled are filled up. Denmark, Estonia,Slovakia and France.
Quite frankly, I think that the Euro-pee'ins should look at somehow expanding the workshops to enable more people to attend, if for no other reason, to amortise the embodied energy of the trip over a broader base.(But I'm sure that most baleheads can think of more and arguably better reasons for expanding the workshops. ie Satomi referred to Beel as "old man" in a photo she sent out on Beel's last birthday. Can't expect the old geezer to last forever . Eh ? Gather in your Steen workshops while ye may, for tomorrow ... )