Last Day in Austria...best photos ever

On my last two days in Graz, I took a MAD tour around. Though I followed a map and thought at times, "wow, this is so lame", I actually had a really good time and took some amazing photographs. If I do say so myself. Take a peek...this is the last of them.










May I present the Graz opera house...

I'm not sure what this building is, but it was strategically placed across the street from the opera house so that discerning viewers like Yours Truly would glance across, fall madly in love, and want to return.



Opera house in Graz.



A door (at the posh opera house) for my friend.



The front entrance to my future Austrian apartment. That's right.



Sadly, this is the only picture I took of the food in Austria. But really, how weird is it to snap a photo of your dinner? Talk about a loner move. This was sheep cheese on polenta on greens with black pumpkin oil. Gorge.



Inside the pub where this miracle of culinary delights was had:



Laura, another door to add to the collection ;)



Gorge. That's it.


I'm in LOVE with these pictures. Especially this one.


Right on riverview.



The old and the new. Riverside.

The hotel at which I did not (sadly) stay. For the same price as Gerti's adorable (completely out of the way) inn. Sigh. Love the city scape. I guess the new has to be built somehow. My first (and last) Austrian crane. Oddest museum model ever... Then I looked up to see the real thing.

The Christian imagery was everywhere...

Bar accoutrement...

The old meets the new...

Outdoor art exhibition. Laundry. Who'da thunk it? I love how the light is just dancing over the tops of these pictures...

Cute pubs. They're everywhere. Love. Riverside, mountaintop. Riverside. Panoramic view from the oddly shaped...well, you'll see... The oddly-shaped non-moving, floating cafe and museum in the centre of the river. Riiight. This picture is one of my favourites... The staircase up to the top of the city (in daylight).

Half-way up...

Waiting atop all the splendor that was the view of the city was this jazz band, wowing us with their talent and courage. Playing atop a mountain? Pretty brazen.

The long and winding road...

And this is the photograph that sparked the thought that I was actually happy to be there alone. "Beautiful", I said to myself. "Glad you aren't here." Those rays of sun? Could it GET any better? Not much. Is that purple spurt of colour not devastatingly beautiful? Because I happen to think so. The outdoor opera from atop. Swoon.

Outdoor opera house. Second view. Second swoon. Sky Bar in the light of day... I took the one less traveled by. In-autumn-splendor-giddy. Standing proud. Caught the yellow in the dying light... Love. Stadpark. Austria does AWESOME rock walls... Austria does stairs... Austria does religious statues in the strangest places... They tag here too. Alas, a door to something...nothing...not that it matters a bit. Things are looking up. Outside the mausoleum: Austria does church.. Austria does cookies... Austria does Christmas... Town Hall. The ominous sky, the hopeful travelers... Love the colour there...in architecture... and in nature... My view over Herngasse, Sunday morning, drinking coffee... My last lattes and cappuccinos came from this bar on Sunday morning.