spring like saturday

although it looked nice and sunny outside, it took a little bit of convincing for me to believe it was actually as warm outside as it looked.

I have recently been looking into a whole variety of nearby places to travel to for long weekends and realized that I should also look into "the sites" of Graz, ones that I may not have known existed. Touristy sites weren't all that helpful so Ive decided that I should just go check out different parts of the city every time I get the chance. So thats what I set out yesterday to do, only to get distracted by the niceness of the park with the sun shining and people playing music and games. I decided to sit and read/write a little while, while the sun was still warm and then continue on my walk. It was such a nice evening that I then stayed longer along the river.

guy playing his guitar in the park

It was really nice to have music playing while i sat in the park reading/writing. He played for about an hour.

two little girls playing in the park

It was a lot of fun watching these girls run around the park. The smaller one in particular kept walking circles around the guy playing his guitar.

Nice path along the river

Despite this path being not far from the busy center of the city, it seems surprisingly like it's out in nature. Sitting down here you hear the leaves rustling, the water rushing, and you don't feel at all like you are at the heart of the city. This path is also highly used by walkers/runners/and people just hanging out.

candle lit vigil

Each evening a group comes to light these candles in an effort to save the "8000 trees" along the river.

face under the bridge

I was happily surprised to see this face under the bridge. It reminded me of the on I saw just a day earlier at the Hundertwasser church. This one, however, was creatively painted like almost everything in this area along the river.

Glöcklspiel at Glöcklspielplatz

I walk by this building every day on my way to work, but until yesterday had only seen these windows open up once. After doing a little research online, i discovered that they open every day at 11am, 3pm, and 6pm so I had decided to plan my walk so that I would get here in time to see the Glöcklspiel. Normally there are just metal windows, but at these three times, the windows open and these figures slide out and they then dance around in circles for about 7minutes to various chimes and bells - the Glöcklspiel. Apparently, there is a different routine at each of the times so hopefully my work schedule will allow me to see the other ones too :)