Hotel Garni Schwarzer Adler Bruck an der Mur

... 260 stairs up to the old fortress and saw the clock tower, etc. There was a great view from the top.

Today after sleeping in, I headed out to find these so called museums and galleries. I got sidetracked on my way to a cafe for coffee and food when I saw a beautiful park with many benches begging me to sit and stay for a while. Headed to the grocery store, bought some cheese, crackers, and fruit (my favorite meal!) and headed to the park ...

... br>Warren's German includes phrases such as "Ich liebe dich" (I love you), "Danke" (Thank you), and... "Ich liebe meine gute Lederhosen" (I love my good leather pants)**... which he figured out how to say all on his own.

Overall our time in Graz was so relaxing. We kind of just went around at a slow pace, and didn't feel like we needed to rush to see a bunch of touristy attractions (like in some other cities). But, we still did a ...

... than climb the 260 stairs; we were glad with our choice since we knew that we were going to free camp for the night and didn't want to get all sweaty. At the top of the Schlossberg (castle hill) there was a clock tower, bell tower, museums, and a view of Graz that was spectacular. The best part, for me, was the fact that once we were up there and admiring the sunset, all of the clock towers below went off at 6pm. We could hear about ten different ones ...

August 3
Trains from Ljubljana to Graz (Austria) departs very frequently; there are several trains every day and fare is 31,40€. In theory the trip takes about 3 hours... HA! actually it takes 4 hours and 45 minutes, because you have to change to another train at Maribor, on the slovenian border.

Man, Austria really can't stand us! it looks like a joke: the day we arrived in Vienna from Bratislava it ...

... up with blue crystals over white light that follows you along the floor as you walk, and much more. It was very cool! Being here made me think of you mum; more bloody crystal:) We then arrived at the Hopfgarten Contiki Site, where I was a 'cookie' for the two days and helped the staff prepare and serve the food. After dinner cookies and dishies were all given shots of a local apple drink. Whilst preparing the shots I added a dash of Tabasco sauce to one of the shots. Nick then came ...

... really annoyed as they are not easy to find and are expensive) We hopped on a tram and headed towards an area we had been told to try and then we were lost5 so we caught a bus hoping we might see the shop on the way. As luck had it we spotted the store and found the adapter, gas and I splurged on an electric element to make use of the electricity at campsites we pay for. As we left the shop we checked out and drooled at the range of mobile campervans and saw what a lot of money ...

Bruck an der Mur has one of the nicest street theater festivals in Austria. "Murenschalk" is located in the charming innercity of 'Bruck' and is very well organised - crowds completely swarm the city knowing they want to be delighted and entertained. I witnessed the 1999 total solar eclipse here, together with 1000's of other people, from the hillside of the castle/fortress remains. It was ...

"Murenschalk" is one of the nicest street theater festivals in Austria. It's located in the charming innercity of Bruck an der Mur, is very well organised and crowds completely swam to the place knowing they want to be charmed, delighted and entertained. I witnessed the total solar eclipse here in 1999, standing on the hillside near the castle/fortress remains with 1000's of other people. It was pure magic. From our vantage ...

... but it was clean and we had our own bathroom (expectations were not high at that time of my life!) The village is nestled under the Wilder-kaiser (wild emporer) mountains and the scenery is just spectacular. (I say "is". Obviously I'm hoping that no-one has put a cement plant there in the last 20 years). On the first night we walked into the village centre and sat at the bar where we proceded to work our way through the quite extensive selection ...