Mailbox Surprise

In the post today:

Sehr geehrter Herr Cornwell,

vielen Dank für Ihre Bewerbung für den Bereich Schlossführungen.

Wie mir Frau Barbara Hollndonner mitgeteilt hat, hätten Sie Interesse an einer Führungstätigekeit für den Zeitraum Juni - September 2006.

Obwohl wir unsere Personaldispositionen für 2006 grundsätzlich getroffen haben, möchten wir Sie dennoch zu einem Gespräch einladen, um allenfalls eine Anstellungsmöglichkeit für diesen Zeitraum zu finden.

Ich darf Sie ersuchen, mich telefonisch zwecks einer Terminvereinbarung zu kontaktieren.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Schloss Esterhazy Management GmbH

This means:

Dear Mr. Cornwell,

Thank you very much for your application as a tour guide.

As Ms. Holldonner has told me, you would be interested in a position for the time period from June to September 2006.

Although we have essentially chosen our staff for 2006, we would nonetheless like to invite you to come speak with us to possibly find a position for this time period.

Please telephone me in order to set up an appointment.

With Friendly greetings,

xxxx
Esterhazy Palace Management Inc.

It sounds like they want to give me a job. But, it isn't exactly a direct offer, so I'll just have to go in and see how it turns out. I'll have to ask some serious questions about the hours and pay to determine if it's really feasible to support myself over the summer with this job. So, the summer matter is still up in the air... I apologize in advance to friends/family IF I can't come back to Athens to visit! Hmmm. Wish me luck i suppose.