Anyway, I met Tina in Graz yesterday at 2.30pm (she took the direct train from Prague) and apparently, she met some weird guy on the train whom hit on her. Ha, if you are interested in that, go to her blog through the link on my right panel. This blog is mine and should all revolve around me afterall. Ha
The weather was beautiful and sunny yesterday which meant that we would have theoretically enjoyed the trip to this UNESCO site. But unless you consider the following to be your version of a great destination:
1. Plenty of bugs in swarms across various places in the city
2. Bees chasing after your Clementines while sitting on a bench
3. Spider web stuck on you and a spider following you as you twirl round and round wondering why it is following you
Then Graz is simply the ideal and perfect place for you!
In the end, our best Graz moment was when we were busy eating the Clementines I brought along with me, me enjoying my hot tea in my thermos-flask, and us both gorging on the Swiss Butterfly cookies I got while sitting on the hill with the sun glaring in our eyes and bees flying around my fruits and flies swarming Tina’s hair. We took the 5.30 train out of Graz and ended the day much earlier than expected. And we were glad to do it (ending the trip, not going for the trip).
The town of Graz
The futuristic looking Kunthaus in Graz; if only the city would be as unique as the building
The freaking high clock tower that tina and i tried to climb to but gave up and had our picnic where we were entertained by bees and flies
The cool man-made 'island'; half is open space for performing, the other, a indoor cafe
This afternoon, we took a train to Melk, and after the utterly disappointing turnout of Graz yesterday, we both were feeling like the weather today; Gloomy and unpredictable!
Despite the guidebook showing gorgeous pictures of the Melk Abbey being perched atop a hill, and claiming it to be the biggest abbey in whole of Europe, Tina was very skeptical about the charm this monastery will bring to us. To make things worse, we followed a group of peeps whom were going to the river to catch a boat to another town and not to the top of the hill to the abbey! 2 very unhappy Singaporeans were complaining very loudly today!
But thanks to great help from locals in Melk we soon reached the top of the Abbey and were greeted by a gorgeous Yellow Baroque style structure that blew us both away! The ornate building and the gorgeous interiors simply made us realized that Melk is way better than Graz (definately)! The beautiful gardens was also very pleasant as we took a walk and another picnic (in a much more pleasant location this time round, with not much bees, in fact, we only saw 2 bees today!) before staring our guided tour of the Abbey.
I highly recommend Melk to anyone visiting Austria and besides, the cheaper train tickets and admissions prices are a huge plus! I paid 14.80Euros return on the train with the admission into the abbey at 5.90 compared to 29.80Euros return on the train to Graz!
The beautiful Baroque Gardens
The facade of the Abbey!
Mozart was at Melk too!
The staircase inside the Abbey
Gorgeous Baroque style church inside the Melk Abbey
It's Autumn !
The exterior of the Abbey
The courtyard of the Abbey
Shopping after Abbey Visit!
Focus of this is not me! Tina said the lady behind looked like my mother!
She's not posing for us! Tina snapped this while the woman's looking at her hubby's camera!
And Tina and I had the best Weiner Schnitzel in Vienna at Figmuller after we came back from Graz where we paid 12 euros for this!
Also, we were seated at a table of 6 with 4 other, are you ready, Taiwanese and we were trying so hard to pretend that we do not understand any Chinese while there are talking bout the bad and dried Schnitzel (Taiwan's chicken chop is better they say), and how they prefer French and Italian cuisine, to abortion and cons of having kids growing up in West where they end up promiscious. Of course, Tina and I understood every single word and we were trying so hard to not laugh to prevent them from knowing that we do, in fact, understand, Mandarin. The best part was them asking among themselves why Tina and I had the Marmalade sauce (like cranberry sauce) while they did not (FYI, we paid extra for it!) and Guy A saying it may be for everyone on the table while Guy B reasoned that it is not cos' only me and Tina have it and not everyone in the restaurant.
Being Singaporean rocks!
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