Mercure City Graz

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Entered the hotel, stood there for a second, and then discovered a bell to ring. Rang the bell. After a bumping sound underneath the desk a lady surfaced with creases on her face and drool running down her chin. She smiled, and I thought “Well, at least the people are friendly”

Pressed the button for the lift. It arrives, although only partially, it stopped short of my floor. Glanced back at the ...

... not far from downtown with her seven year old daughter, Anna. The building is old (I guess like most in Europe...) but the apartment is cozy and spacious. After a few weeks on the road and packing a bunch of sightseeing and fun stuff into only a few days in each city, Warren and were ready to just take it easy. We finally got to do some laundry*, we woke up late everyday, and just strolled around the city.

One day we went up to ...

... 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 ...

... just went down the pedestrian street a ways, and the hotel we would find there was just as nice. So we took his advice and ended up here, which is exactly as he described. The pedestrian street is long and full of interesting shops and restaurants, leading to the centre square. Our hotel is at the far end, where the pedestrian street meets the car-friendly roads. Just above us is a castle. It is illuminated with colourful lights at night.

Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria travelingdiva

... raining immediatly when we crossed the austrian border, and now that we're entering Austria from Slovenia... it starts raining cats and dogs! I think we're not welcome in this country... :S
We arrive at the hostel at 6.30 p.m and all we can do is leaving our bags in the room and throw ourselves in the bed and stare at the ceiling. Hours go by and it's still pouring with rain outside. Finally we decide to go to "City ...

... say that sleeping on a nice mattress and being in a home was really, really nice. It was really nice to see Christine and to meet her brother Martin, we talked about Nathan and shared some of our memories, as well as talking about my trip and what's going on in their lives. I'm glad I went to visit them.




Today I came to Graz on the train, with a stunning view of the Alps and some small towns along the way. The town itself is packed ...

Net 'n vinnige nuusbriefie om almal te laat weet dat Affies in altwee kategoriëe goud gewen en deurgedring het na die finaal! Ons het in die popafdeling as die beste koor van 21 gekwalifiseer. Ons is ook die enigste Jongemannekoor van vanoggend se kwalifiserende rondte wat goud gekry het en deurgedring het! Nou is dit uithaal en wys teen die ander kore wat direk vir die finaal ingeskryf het. Hou duime vas vir môre! Ons laat hoor bietjie later weer van ons!

... two Wisconsinites in Graz (aka Rob from Madison and myself), singing "What a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong and then I belted out "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with some other ERASMUS gals. A wonderful time was had by all-and no glass was damaged as a result of my singing, always a good sign! On a short side note, I would like to give another shout out to my peeps on the UWEC Forensics team, who ...

... to make. Also, hooks and sharp metal at the end of long sticks could be used to rip muscle to take down calvery or another man on foot. I still cant decide if mondern day warfare is really advanced or not. I learned a new phrase today, in English the idea is that there is one end to everything except a sausage. After the armory we had tickets to the museums in Graz. The group split up to visit the old art and the new art. I cant remeber which group I chose to wander with but in the ...

... it was very interesting and the entryfee included entry into the archives where you could listen to some of his toetapping kneeslapping hits...i walked in an asked maybe if i could listen to an opera, which one she said, ummm La dolce figaro, by which composer?? errrr?? older or newer composers?? lets go with old, what language, what city?..absolutely no idea! i eventually accepted her suggestion a 1967 german language opera of La dolce in hamburg complete in ...