Graz
Travel Blogs from Graz, Austria
lakes and more lakes
... to charge us..i said i would buy him a beer, he accepted. it was time to leave slovenia though and make my way to austria, next stop salzburg. the overnight train was memorable as not only did i not have any euros to pay the conductor and no german ...
Where in the World is GRAZ
... woodpiles for fires and houses built of wood with steep rooves for the snow to fall off. We soon hit the Italian border with Austria and crossed midday leaving the high Dolomites behind us. The scenery was very clean and green and fresh. We had lunch on ...
Not Romantik on the Park
... point, it got very cold and we were dressed for the pleasant weather in the valleys. So not a great day, but still not a bad one. Graz may well be a very nice city, it gets a big thumbs up in Wikipedia. We didn't really get the chance to find out as we ...
Graz, Genau!
It has been a great 2 days for us in Graz. This little city in Austria has managed to deliver on its promises of a vibrant, different town that is unafraid of change but still holds the good staff, like its UNESCO listed innere stadt and its trams, ...
gutentag from Austria
... . I spend too much time alone, walk around in circles because I have a terrible sense of direction, and spend more for a meal in Austria than I did to eat for a day on my tour. But I'm starting to get my groove back. Without any mishaps ...
Graz
... get distracted quite easily and this can be awkward when she wanders round a lamppost the other way from me) Saying all of this Graz is a nice city, with interesting arches off into small squares, lots of shops and cafes as there is over 20,000 university ...
The beginning of the end
... the children, played with the animals, built another igloo, played in the snow, went to the pub, gawked at the fact Austria still allows the unpleasant habit of smoking to be practiced indoors and then still has the stupidity to claim they have smoke ...
IKEA and a easter feast
... . In the store it was amazing how exactly the same as the Richmond store in Australia this one was. Inside I almost forgot I was in Austria, and when I came out and we hopped in the car and started driving on the Austrian side of the road I was a bit ...
Home of the blobs
we got in yesterday afternoon and had a bit of a walk around the old town, ended up at linsel in the mur for hot chocolate at about 5:30 then walked home via the original blob... the kunsthaus by sir peter cook (he's only realised design!) our hostel is ...
Orient Express Country
... . The train travels slowly as it winds along the valley ridges but the trip is very scenic. As we continued through Austria we ascended again, passing through very thick snow that was still being ploughed away before descending again. At Zell am See ...
Wieder zuhause
Nach fast 5 Monaten Reise kehrten wir etwas weniger erschoepft als erwartet in die Heimat zurueck und hoffen uns wieder schnell an den heimischen Alltag zu gewoehnen. ...
The Hills are alive...
We arrived in Graz about midday on Wednesday after taking the train. First off, Graz is absolutely beautiful. It truly looks like something out of a fairytale (and there were a lot of marionettes everywhere...probably part of the reason I had the Sound ...
Squirrels in the morning sun
Yesterday morning we had still not made a decision about walking or not until suddenly after breakfast, just like that, we decided to give Mariazell a miss but still go walking a little longer, this time along a trail called the Raabklamm and then to the ...
Abschied von Graz und Fahrt nach Tarrenz
Wir haben uns von Mama-Claudia verabschiedet und Fahren nun mit dem Zug nach Imst/Tarrenz. Während der langen Zugfahrt (6:30std )nochmal den LonleyPlanet von Neuseeland durchgeschmökert und die ersten ToDo´s in Aukland ...
technological breakdown
hey guys, jus 2 check in. we still havin a ball. graz is a really funky city, d mountains were spectacular. lots of tales to tell but not right now cos my keypads not working [mayb i wore it out] luckily i have this funny on screen one. unfortunately ...
Reisefieber
Evo ga, još dva dana i letim za Madrid. Ne znam jesam li uzbuđenija zbog letenja, zbog Madrida ili onog što me čeka poslije - tri mjeseca putovanja BEZ IKOGA! Znači bez ikakve odgovornosti prema drugim osobama, bez ikakvoga ...
Graz and Preview of Next week
... out other coffee shops for a comparison. Yesterday, on the last day of the orientation class, our group went to the city of Graz, which is located about 2 hours driving south of Vienna. The city is very nice, but similar to Vienna. Not much exciting to ...
Nude sauna sessions and the Van Trapps
... dulcimer played in your living room?!! Seriously? While staying at Daniel's father’s new home in the Styrian(a region in Austria)countryside, we drove out to the spa area nearby. Apart from skiing in the Alps, visiting local hot springsis a major ...
Reunited, and it feels so good...
... were lucky not to be arrested since there are actual laws about making too much noise at any time of day on the streets of Austria. Then again, people may have thought we were just a bunch of kids with turrets since the noise would come in bursts, ...
Euro-Roadtrip '09 - Graz
... us a great view of the city!! We also saw the Kunsthaus Graz, which is an enormous amoeba/heart shaped building smack dab amongst a ...
A City of Family and Tradition
... (or Buschenschank, I think) with picnic tables outside overlooking a valley. Here we drank "Sturm" which is a very popular drink in Austria. Sturm is wine that is in the beginning stages of the wine making process, so it is only sold in the beginning ...
Abschiedsessen 3 Goldene Kugeln. Graz, Austria
Wir treffen uns mit unseren Grazer Freunden zum "letzen" Cordon Bleu bei den 3 Goldenen Kugeln in St.Leonhart, Graz. Vielen Dank nochmal für Euer kommen. Es hat uns sehr ...
Cracks in the paint
So, another week in Sankt Marein has passed. And nothing has been very different from the last. I have continued my running and have had some days of great improvement and a fews shattering days where for some reason I haven’t been able to meet my ...
The last jouney over the mountains
... and while I clung to the edge of the sidecar terrified, Felix had great fun slipping and sliding everywhere. We made it into Austria and through Innsbruck before we stopped for lunch. We had been planning to sleep in Innsbruck but as we had made it there ...
A massive day
... of historic houses. As you walked though the village you were able to see how people from different areas of Austria built differently and how their building styles progressed over time. Naturally nobody conveniently built these houses nicely arranged as ...
The ups and downs of travel
... we registered with was an absolute gem of a woman, I just wanted to give her a huge hug as we left. She started up Austria’s WWOOFing organisation completely off her own back and out of her own pocket. She showed us her garden and we had a lovely ...
Let's head to Austria!
... tight as it is.. guess our stomachs will have to grumble for a bit longer.. I remember my emergency snickers bar at some time in Graz.. and then remembered how we'd had to use it before and never had to to stock up. The weight if the backpack is heavy ...
We made it!
... ended up on the autobahn which was a bit too fast and stressful but we made it! And in great time too. On the way through Graz we stopped at this cafe 'Scherbe'‚ Felix was hanging out to go there for coffee and orange juice and we also had a kebab ...
Liab
... warum Graz, was mache ich hier? Ich, an einem Sonntag, vor einem Montag der universitär geförderten Horizonterweiterung? Graz, das ist eben nicht irgendeine Stadt, es ist die Stadt der USW, der Umweltsystemwissenschaften. Dieses facjübergreifende ...
Prologue
... ! *** 12.3.2010 - Aufbruch nach Wien! Nachdem Thibaut nach 3-wöchiger Tour quer durch die Schweiz und Österreich, Graz wohlbehalten erreicht hat, machen wir uns nun zu dritt auf nach Osten. (Für all jene, die noch mehr französische ...
