http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria , Styria , Graz en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:03:50 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:03:50 +0000 Liebe Fernwehgeplagte und Reiseinteressierteuns ziehts wieder in die Ferne und deshalb schlagen wir dem sterreichischen Winter ein Schnppchen und fliehen in den Sommer nach SdostasienAm 29.11. gehts los und erste Station ist Bangkok Dann gehts gleich weiter nach Myanmar. Spter wollen wir auch noch Thailand genauer kennen lernen sowie Kambodscha Laos und Vietnam besuchen. Ihr knnt unsere http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-455475.html Hier noch ein paar Fotos unserer letzten richtig steirischen Gensse ... Here a few pictures of one of our last real styrian parties... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-439752.html Unser Start rckt immer nher Hier einige Eindrcke unserer Abschiedsparty...Danke allen frs Kommen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-439159.html Es sind jetzt noch 8 Tage bis wir unser Abenteuer beginnen Im Moment plagen wir uns mit diesem TravelBlog komplizierter als gedacht und den letzten Vorbereitungen ab und schwanken abwechselnd zwischen Vorfreude und a bissi GrantStress umher haben aber im Endeffekt doch immer a Gaude Only 8 days left until we start our adventure At the moment we are trying hard to set up this website http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-439034.html Until now I do not think we had found our holiday spirit our minds were still whizzing and whirring to the beat of the working week I think. In Graz we started to unwind and change our thinking a bit. We stayed at the Hotel Daniel near the railway and tram interchange. The hotel was a funky looking place modern and cheerful. The surrounding area was interesting almost next door was the 24 hou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-418818.html Here it is the one I've been dreading the one to end this wild ride. It's hard for me to believe that I'm leaving Graz in 7 hours and won't be soon returning. It's truly leaving home to go home.The last few days weeks months I don't think I could ever put them into words. I've tried my best to keep you guys updated to share my experiences with you but even then my words often fell shor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-413503.html Because Ivana and I will not see each other on my birthday she decided to treat me to a day in Graz as my present. I knew very little about Austria but she had been to Graz a few times and knew the city well enough to show me around without getting lost. The bus took us through the Croatian Slovenian and Austrian country side and was really a beautiful bus ride. Unfortunately the bus left at 6 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-409430.html GreetingsI have two adventures to inform you about so buckle up.Last Sunday I had a pretty Slovakian day as I went for a day trip to a little city about a halfhour north of Graz named Frohnleiten. I went with Lubo with whom I'd gone to Salzkammergut Lucia and Mirka all from Slovakia. We drove up with our friend's car as he was in Spain and had left the car to Lubo and got a little http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-408804.html Hi allI've been meaning to update this for a little now and have only just had time. Last weekend was a 4day weekend so on Thursday a group of 10 of us went on a little excursion to South Steiermark to the wine region. There's not really much to say about it mostly just pictures to show. On the trip there was me Libor Martyna Agata Thomas Anouck Mio and three friends from Austria http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-403243.html Happy Mother's DayWe're now about to hear about Matthew's adventures hiking in the AlpsMy friend L'ubomr from Slovakia had some friends coming to town this weekend so he asked a few of us if we wanted to go to Baerenshuetzklamm a really cool place to hike about 40 minutes north of Graz. We all said yes and so yesterday morning at about 11am two cars pulled out of Graz and headed north to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-397715.html Hallo liebe Freunde und VerwandteMorgen startet unsere groe Reise durch Sdostasien und es freut uns dass ihr uns wieder virtuell begleitet. Unsere Route fhrt uns morgen ber Paris nach Hong Kong. Von dort fliegen wir nach Vietnam wo wir dann weitere 2 Wochen verbringen werden. Von Saigon aus starten wir nach Kambodscha und dann weiter nach Kuala Lumpur und Phuket. Schn dass ihr wieder mi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-387937.html Greetings allSince I haven't written on here in a while I'm certain my avid readers are chomping at the bit. Anyways tonight is the night that begins my Easter vacation and adventures. The last few weeks since Rachel left have been insanely busy as I have so much work to do this semester what with having many more classes than last semester. I have classes in 3 languages outside of German http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-387119.html Greetings allIt's been a bit since I've updated this thing because I've been all over the place this past week with none other than Rachel Greene and Michael Banks on their maiden voyage to Europe. Since it's been a while I'll catch you up on some things.On March 2nd we started school here our summer semester. So far my classes all seem pretty interesting and if you're wondering these ar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-381892.html Ive just been going through some photos we took at Christmas and thought they were too good not to put up. We spent Christmas eve on Skype drinking red wine and talking to our families. Unfortunately I left my passport in Salzburg and so we were unable to travel during the 3 weeks we had off so we made our own fun in Graz doing snow angels in gravel covered by just 2cm of snow and catching up o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-377524.html Servus AlleIch hab gedacht dass jetzt bin ich in sterreich mehr als 5 Monate gewesen deswegen solltet ihr alle gut Deutsch verstehen weil ich so viel hier gelernt hab. Wie wr's wenn ich euch auf Deutsch schriebe Gut oder Ich find's gut.Anybody understand that One more timeI thought that I've been in Austria now for more than 5 months so you all should understand German well becau http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-370645.html ServusItrsquos a snowy Groundhog Dayrsquos morning so I figured I should let you all know that happyhaps here and also say Happy Birthday to Rachel. Since we last spoke it has been an absolutely crazy few weeks here in sterreich. The semester officially ended on Friday the 30th and with that came weeks of exams and minimal sleep and everyone freaking out . One night right in the hear http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-369554.html Greetings allI know it's been kind of a while since I've written so I'll try to catch you up on what's been going on.The squirrel aka Julie left last Wednesday at the crack of dawn in Vienna. We pretty much just hung out for the week in Graz and she got to meet my friends here. I took her down to Slovenia for a day and then she also got a crash tour of Vienna the afternoon before she left. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-365108.html Greetings all.I'm back in Austria after an exhausting but fun 9 days in Italia. Since Julie is currently sitting on my bed and most likely very very bored I'm going to skip the pleasantries and get right to it.After spending two of the most depressing days in Graz ever the city was literally EMPTY nobody was in my apartment I had nobody to play with it was sad I caught the train at 830 a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-361141.html I'm not sure if I've already told this story so you'll get to hear it again.One night last week I decided to take a shower. I know you're shocked. Kristy is probably squealing with glee about making a joke that I'm dirty or gross or should shower more often. I know you too well. Anywho the lightswitch for the showerroom is outside of the room so we like to play a game in my apartment of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-354814.html It's a pretty sad time right now in Graz. Yesterday was most people's last day of school before our Christmas vacation mine included so now I'm officially on break until January 6th. For most of the Americans here it was their last day of European school ever. Since our university schedule in the US is so far off from the rest of the world's the American kids staying here only for a semeste http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Styria/Graz/blog-353929.html