Wirtshaus Jagawirt Styria

... seemed like a mixture of old cheese, incense, and curry. There is a full length mirror in front of me, and on seeing my reflection I thought “What am I doing here, and didn’t I book a non-smoking room?”

Maybe a little exaggeration, but you know what they say about first impressions - I was more than a little skeptical.

Graz actually turned out to be a pretty nice spot for a couple of days. The hotel, once I ...

... grandparents) grave and lit a candle. It was really peaceful and a good visit.

I spoke German with Michaela the whole time, as she speaks almost no English. With Werner we spoke half in English and half in German. Warren and I were both surprised at how much German he could understand (not every word, of course, but what the conversation was about). Although, there were also times where Warren just smiled and nodded, and was actually quite ...

... river and left Graz to find a small town nearby to park for the night-since we were so close to the border with Slovenia (apparently not a good place to free camp) we wanted to make sure that we found a place in Austria so we didn’t drive too far. Luckily, there was a small town right before the border and we found a Kindergarten parking lot-since it was Saturday night we thought it would fine. It was great except that once we were all settled in ...

... city. It's a pity, because Graz really shows promise; it's clean, small, it has interesting buildings and cosy streets, etc. Really pretty, green, surrounded by mountains and divided by river Mur... but the weather is not on our side. Even so, we visit Haupsplatz, the City Hall, beautiful Sporgasse and we take the lift to Schlossberg to see the Clock Tower, There is also a funicular to arrive on top of the hill but I ...

Daar waren we ook nog niet geweest!

Inwoners: 290.000. Daarmee de tweede stad van Oostenrijk. 44.000 studenten. Hoofdstad van Steiermark (waar we ook nog niet geweest waren..) Zusterstad van oa Groningen en Trondheim. Geboorte-oord van de Governator. 2 uur en 37 minuten verwijderd van Wien Sudbahnhof.

Dus daar stonden we dan, Paola en ik, om half negen 's ochtends op het meest onhandige station van Wenen om vervolgens twee en een half uur ons te ...

... outdoor cafes and is walkable. I took a guide from the train station and did two of the walking tours, including a hike up 300ish steps to the top of a hill with a view of the entire valley. On the way down, I realized that I could have taken an inclined path for about half the way instead of steps. Oh well, good exercise.




I'm headed to one of these outdoor cafes for some dinner, but I will write next from Ljubljana!

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 pritiska i s mozgom puštenim na pašu :)

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 :)

... Turning onto the road the Gps told us we were only 2kms from the campsite!!!Feeling lucky we walked back to the campsite passing little homes with their vegie patches being tended by ladies. What was amazing too was that so many people young and old rode pushbikes including very old women doing the shopping. Back at camp I tested my element with a cup of tea made by boiling the water and was chuffed as this would both save gas and give me an extra element to cook with ...

This is a very picturesque town in the mountains. We had a beautiful view from our hotel, with a delicious dinner. However, it is a paper processing town and thus has a smell. It didn't bother Jim, but I found it annoying. We didn't stay long as we were in a rush to get to Venice, but it is worth exploring further.

... hise dvojne, perspektive, plače trojne, glej, se raki hodijo naprej ! Najlepse pesmi so o domu, se sreča srečna je doma, mi sosed pravi : kakor komu, a raje sebi, če se da . Spet doma, tam glasneje govorijo, spet doma, tam hitreje pijejo. Spet doma, tam pozdravljajo glasno, to je vas, to je vas, morda zato ! (Vlado Kreslin) ja ... res je ...