Hotel Restaurant Romerhof Leibnitz

Stepped out of the train station in Graz, and thought, &#8220;Why did I come here?&#8221;<br><br>Well, my Lonely Planet book described it as a laid back University town with a plethora of galleries and museums. At immediate arrival, I wasn&#8217;t convinced.<br><br>Found my hotel, and thought &#8220;Hmm... not sure about staying here.&#8221; Looked around and saw the people wandering around outside the hotel and thought &#8220;perhaps I would be ...

After a busy few days in Prague, we headed south for a relaxing time in Graz. It isn't as well known as Salzburg or some other cities in Austria, but this city is actually the country's second biggest, besides Vienna. It is also a very special place because this is where my grandfather (Opa) lived and spent a lot of his youth, and where much of his family has lived for a long time. <br><br>We stayed with my Opa's cousin Michaela, who lives in an ...

We drove from Vienna south to Graz, which was a lovely little city. We parked Fred along the river and walked into town. The main old square was having a chocolate festival! so there were a lot of people milling around with spoons in their hands. They bought the spoons and then could taste different kinds of chocolate from vendors&#8230;very tempting but we had things to see. We decided to take the glass lift through the hill to the top of Castle Hill ...

... hill behind the city that used to support a palace, but now only contains a small shrine/chapel and in the late afternoon. I took a bus to the neighbouring village of Ribnisko and caught the cable car up the mountain and took a tobaggin back down...<br> <br>Maribors greatest claim is that it is home to the oldest vine in the world... (world record - it's 400yrs old!!)

August 3<br>Trains from Ljubljana to Graz (Austria) departs very frequently; there are several trains every day and fare is 31,40&#8364;. 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.<br><br>Man, Austria really can't stand us! it looks like a joke: the day we arrived in Vienna from Bratislava it ...

... Toscane waren (vooral de temperatuur hielp..). Ook het idee 'plant een park in de stad, dan lijkt het niet zo stadterig' leek van Wien gejat te zijn, al was het wel iets beter uitgevoerd. Inclusief berg is ongeveer 70 procent van het Graziaanse centrum groen/park/megaboom/etc. <br><br>Eten was er in een ontzettend koddig Italiaans restaurantje met 1 kok en een lief Duits Kelnerinnetje. Toen wij dr gingen zitten, was het opeens populair, dus toen moest kokkie ...

It has been a difficult transition from tour group to traveling on my own again. 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 today, I went to the Vienna Sudbanhof and got myself on a train that left 10 minutes later, and got out at my destination, Graz.<br><br ...

Evo ga, jo&#353; dva dana i letim za Madrid. Ne znam jesam li uzbu&#273;enija zbog letenja, zbog Madrida ili onog &#353;to me &#269;eka poslije - tri mjeseca putovanja BEZ IKOGA! Zna&#269;i bez ikakve odgovornosti prema drugim osobama, bez ikakvoga pritiska i s mozgom pu&#353;tenim na pa&#353;u :) <br><br>So, two days more and I am flying to Madrid. I dont know if I'm more excited about the flying (high ;D), because of Madrid or the fact that I will travel all by myself :) <br>

Wednesday 3rd June. We left early and drove through the mountains crossing high passes and ski fields dotted along the way. The villages had a definitely Swiss feel to them as it gets cold up here lots of 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 the side of the road at ...

Ganz to Leibnitz Distance: 35km Best bit: warmth Worst bit: bike shock Bike arrangements should be simple, but rarely are. For my few days off cycling (futilely waiting for the weather to clear) I decided to leave my bike at the luggage store at Graz airport cos it was cheap (10E), always open, close to teh bike path. They were also exceedingly friendly and said "no problemo" to store bike and panniers ...