It’s Saturday and another travel day, this time 2.5 hours from Graz to Baden bei Wien. We get up at 6:00 and are ready to go by 8:30, but our train doesn’t leave until 10:26. It’s a holiday, “Austria Day,” so everything is closed up tight. It’s odd to see the typically buzzing square empty… Continue reading From Graz to Baden
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Winding Down in Graz
We are winding down in Graz. On our next to last day I turn into a “Putzfrau.” I like taking time to clean up, wash clothes, vacuum. The end of a stay seems to inspire Lorena to get out and take all the pictures she has missed this past week. Lorena strikes out and I stay home. Great compromise. I… Continue reading Winding Down in Graz
Baroque Pleasures at Schloß Eggenberg
The construction starts early this morning at 8:00, but we manage to get up and dressed and showered and out by 9:00. We eat out for breakfast at the same restaurant we went to for our Saturday brunch, Die Scherbe, just down the street on the way to town. We are exploring our contrasting tendencies… Continue reading Baroque Pleasures at Schloß Eggenberg
In “The Valley of Histories”
We have an 8:55 bus to catch to make our way out to the “Freilichtmuseum” in nearby Stübing. This destination is an outdoor exhibit that demonstrates how people used to live several hundred years ago. They have the actual houses and barns that they have moved to this location. They include all the areas of Austria starting… Continue reading In “The Valley of Histories”
Island in the Mur
We take a slow morning. Lorena gets anxious that we need to “get out there.” I like lounging around. At home, one of our daily travel excursions would be enough excitement for a week and here we have two or three a day. There is probably a happy medium. It is interesting to consider retirement and the balance between slow… Continue reading Island in the Mur
People in Graz
We had a quiet Sunday and I got a lot of photography in today, starting with an early morning shoot of some of the iconic sites. I’m such an introvert that I find photographing people hard. Kitty helps me by pointing out scenes and sometimes setting up shots. We enjoyed a brunch at a nearby… Continue reading People in Graz
Remembering Graz
“Bella Grazia!” That was a tourist campaign slogan when we were last in Graz in 1985. That year we spent 4 months traveling, got a 3 month Eurail pass and fulfilled credit for a German class at UNC Asheville following my professor Henry Stern’s wonderful itinerary through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We always wanted to… Continue reading Remembering Graz
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