Graz:part1

For a change I found the view from the train quite picturesque, on the way to Graz and we were blessed with nice sunny weather. We were further very pleased to find good free maps of the city at the train station. Generally we tend to arrive around lunchtime so it was fortunate indeed that our first tourist destination was the Murinsel which is apparently meant to be a mussel. We had intended to order drinks and sit inside but couldn't bear the techno crap that was playing. But that was okay because we'd made our lunch already so we sat outside, in the amphitheatre bit and enjoyed the sun, and planned which tourist attractions we would visit.

Graz is actually perfect for tourists as it is small enough to get around to see all the sights, but still big enough to have "sights".

Schlossberg seemed to be the best place to start. Start with the views. I voted for taking the Schlossbergbahn up, and walking down for obvious reasons. The tickets turned out to be a measly 1.70 Euro, which covered 1hours travel. The views were fab, we enjoyed the ride immensely which was further enhanced by Jordy getting a bit freaked(though she won't admit it) by how steep the ride was. (yes Jordy does often complain about her parents being mean, but that's obviously just because she's a teenager and nothing to do with us being mean.)

The Schlossberg had very pretty grounds and of course some cool history. But no castle. That's okay, we consoled ourselves with ice-cream. After 40 mins we had pretty much seen everything there was to see so we were still able to use our ticket to go back down. I was torn though with wanting to walk down through the romantic gardens and paths but in the end Greg's bung knee made the decision for us.