CEOI 2001

wolfgang is happy that we finally arrived

daniel

the german team with team leaders and our guide Kata

aah! computers! (curious first contact with this new technology)

kim is introducing his contestants to the austrians (because he wants to have time to get to know the girls)

peaceful sleepy guides (in german, we would say: "la li lu, nur der mann im mond schaut zu, ...")

bea (guide for austria) is happy to meet us but still suspicious :-)

benjamin tests how geeks react when they are exposed to microsoft marketing

the school where the competition took place

hello over there!

a contestant posing....err, no, he is just playing pétanque

michael is just watching

alexandra

who can stop a german team leader in football?

a great demonstration of classical and typical hungarian instruments in the open air museum

wolfgang and benjamin are looking longingly at the spare food

jure . o O (get out of my face)

the tour continues: czech republic

team italy (some say that they were even more quiet than kim)

the dutch table with german immigrants

kim probably just wrote her by SMS that he fell in love with another girl...from her boyfriend's mobile phone :-)

futile attempt to hide the proof that austria is messing around at foreign tables

only blond people here...must be italy

now i remember: THAT is italy...perhaps the previous table was finland

poland (?)

these impressive artists can play 10 melodies simultaneously using only three fingers (with negligible help from the synthesizer)

a beautiful castle near lake balaton

kim in the surroundings that he likes most

this was probably the nicest evening of the whole CEOI

kim hid the wine carafe skillfully between unobtrusive mineral water bottles and even manages an embarrased "what is that 'alcohol' thing you are talking about?" grin

everybody is happy

it is no coincidence that "finland" and "fashion" start with the same character

four very blond, very nice and very happy finnish contestants

three guides - unfortunately, all three of them didn't talk very much

even mojica is tired...

...while everybody is still having fun at the neighboring table (GER, FIN, NED, SLO)

deep love

kim is giving everything in order to impress petra

kim's efforts are already showing effects - but only on him, not on petra

bea, the guide of austria (a very nice girl)

that's how austrians look right after you asked them something about kangaroos

bea is still enjoying the discotheque very much

nebulous affairs

even a team leader has limited strengths

germans on the way

daniel relaxing in the train

our teamleader

katinka hiding to call someone

but i found her ...

kata, our guide

"benjamin, please close your eyes .."

teamleader looking scary

guides

tobias

katinka

two-handed banana ...

wow, computers (look at the guy playing solitaire)

tobias in cool position on the table

mojca (too slow to hide from my camera)

opening ceremony

alexander, wolfgang and kata at the opening ceremony

kim playing in the lobby

guides (half) asleep

kim (scary small distance)

lucky austrian contestant

guides

sight-seeing trip (the only day with rain)

guide, trying to count

a church

do they look really interested???

even the city-guide got calls

just hanging around

married couple (why have they been all alone)

german hat with teamleader

sorry for bad quality ...

hat with deputy leader

old houses in the open air museum

how do people look, when there is a flashlight in total darkness ..

team slovenia

team netherlands

team italy

parts of team germany

vampire party ..

still vampire party

...

probably the most awful fish soup we ever had

katinka, guide of finland

the nice garden-restaurant

kim waiting for his vegetarian food (like always)

eva from the netherlands - curious look

veronika - nice smile

slovenian team and blaz

peter (team leader slovenia)

katinka, guide of finland

- wanted -
(dead: $100; alive: $1)

kim finally got his meal

this is scary, isn't it?

and this is really cute

elina, infiltrating the tables of other teams

michael is happy that he finally got some food while everybody else already finished eating

happy birthday .. (does anybody remember his name?)

sitting at the campfire

elina and daniel

a guidie

veronika again

elina again

consequences of a slovenian playing billiard

tobias thierer (german deputy) at start of trip

our bus

hungary's beautiful landscape

tobias bending forward so that daniel can take a surprise photo of elina and parts of his perl t-shirt

tobias 5mins later

the castle-museum

alexander with cool sunglasses

the square in front of the castle

relaxing on the benches

...

tobias and daniel sitting around

the garden behind the castle

still the castle

bored people sitting around

michael, not too happy to be on that picture

right now i don't remember who that is

alex and his bottle of water

the excursion group A is waiting (as usual)

beautfil arc

daniel in front of it

elina in the sun ..

.. a little closer

market street there

church

the finnish team not visiting the church

the master-guide

show me your t-shirt and i'll tell you who you are (.net t-shirts vs. perl t-shirt)

very expensive hotel at lake balaton

german team hanging around

near lake balaton

still near lake balaton

daniel taking even more photos of his cool sunglasses

lake balaton

..

nice garden at the beach

lake balaton

daniel with the coolest sunglasses

elina

smile please

the bus on its way back

tobias sleeping with his eyes half open (was really scary, but the pulse was measurable)

alexander

"look, he is taking a picture"

food!

close your eyes please

why is it so difficult to keep one's eyes open?

now that's a cute one, isn't it?

dinner before disco

girl in black ...

virág, guide of slovenia

alexander, finally keeping his eyes open (ok, almost)

this waiter was so happy that i took a picture of him

"look at that guy over there .. "

what was she looking at???

different countries, different grins

"slovenian team, please duck ... "

" ... thanx!!"

little remembrances from lake balaton

yet another casualty for the german army

after-party-andrej

peter (still dizzy ..)

jure after party (and skipping breakfast)

elina

mojca

elina and daniel

bus after party (half empty -- or half full??)

the horse farm

michael looking forward to ride

eline and one of her horses -- deep love

many horses

more horses

"beautiful" horse (for me it looks like usual)

another one (or was it the same?)

tired guides

a contestant

another horse (i think this is a fat one)

what the hell did i think when i took that picture?

excursion group a

come on, the idea is to keep your eyes open! :-)

they're coming

more adventurers

moooove

...

i'm a poor lonesome cowboy and a long way from home...

that does already look very professional. congratulations, elina!

traditional hungarian food

walking to the broken bus

..

elina

waiting at the broken bus

still waiting

everybody is looking for the error in different places

...

Mc Guyver would have repaired the bus with this water bottle - but how?

guides

broken bus

the synagoge where the closing ceremony took place

alex fighting with his shoes

waiting in front of the synagoge

...

slovenian with a shirt he really dislikes

alexandra (is she happy or sad?)

great singing (after some technical problems)

bronze medalists

bronze medalists

michael getting his silver medal

. o O ( wow, Visual C++ Standard! )

...

silver medalists

final applause for the silver medalists

daniel and his gold medal

the winner

gold medalists

gold medalists - why are they looking so angry?

finally, some do even smile

condolences anybody?

group with great voices (though they could have done better songs)

eva and daniel

kim and part of elina

veronika and daniel

the second slovenian silver medalist

hungarian guide with german hat

view out of the leaving train

kim "i am the most quiet person that the ceoi has ever seen" schrijvers discovered the most comfortable writing position

kim and his girlfriend (sorry kim)

eva with 4 hours of sleep in the last 63 hours

time for a hearthy laugh

"what do i have to do with that snake???"

kim relaxing

matthijs

elina explaning something with her hands

i think this picture is really cute (any other opinions??)

kim, the grandmaster

eva sleeping (or suffering) on matthijs feet

budapest

waiting for our pizza

alexander looks at his team mates suspiciously