We weren't hitchhiking this time, but
traveling by bus in Austria was a nice trip as well. Crossing the mountains and
these crazy long tunnels that we spent several minutes inside. The roads were
really great ones that even crossing the mountains, the trip was fast. It was
200km in less than 3h. I remember that when I needed to travel in Chapada
Diamantina in Brazil, an amazing place full of hills, a trip of 100km could
make me travel for more than 2 hours sometimes. These roads aren't really the
best ones; I can't really make the comparison.
After this short
trip we were in our second stop in Austria: Graz. This city that even without
the Danube River was even nicer than Linz.
Graz in fact is the
second biggest city in Austria, just smaller than Vienna and it's a student
city as well with more than 44 thousand students. Also for centuries Graz was
politically and economically the most important city for the Slovenes, even
more than Ljubljana.
Graz is also the city
that the terminator actor, ex governor of California, Arnold
Schwarzenegger former professional bodybuilder started his training to become
a bodybuilder. He recently founded a museum there called with his name.
Old buildings in
this Austrian-German architecture surrounded the old town and a hill in the
middle of the city that you could see how beautiful the city was. It had a
really strong contrast with the modern architecture at the same
time. Kunsthaus Graz for instance that it is a huge art gallery in the
shape of this balloon aircrafts made by black glass windows made in so many different
curves. At night the window facade had synchronized lights that could show
shapes, draws and words. Another one was the Murinsel, a an artificial floating
island in the Mur River that has one amphitheater and two bridges
connecting it to the riversides, everything made by steel.
Hours walking in
the city made me feel really good. I really appreciated this time, going up in
the hill having this entire city just in front of my eyes. It was really
relaxing moment. Think about that there was an Elevator to go up and down of
the hill that you needed to pay for it. I wouldn't definitely have enjoyed it
as much as my walk. Built in 1712 the Clock Tower that was in the top of
the hill is the post card picture of the city. In fact this hill was a fortress
in the past called as Schlossberg.
Having nice walks
in the city you could enjoy this moment a lot.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunsthaus_Graz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murinsel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlossberg_(Graz)
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