I found some crazy people roaming around Austria...

My apologies for taking long breaks between blog posts. However, my life in Graz has become slightly busier. In addition to my studies, I was accepted as a Research Assistant a the Centre for Southeastern European Studies here at my university.  Mostly, I'm exploited for my native English skills as I mostly proof-read and revise various papers being prepared for publication.

I also have been doing quite a bit of traveling! I spent my Easter holiday in Prague (next blog post), and one of my sets of parents came to visit me in Austria!! We spent the last week of March together touring this glorious Habsburg, Alpine gem of a country. They stayed in Graz for a week. While I was in class, they would explore town and afterwards we would meet for dinner and sightseeing. We took two day trips, one to Salzburg and another to Vienna. We all concluded that we are not big city people ;-) Unfortunately, I only took pictures from our day in Salzburg. ENJOY!

Postcard views from the train of Salzburgland

View of the fortress from the palace garden

My parents with a fountain

My step-mom with a "living" statue of Mozart!

The fortress up close

The most AWESOME view from the top of the fort

My parents at the top of the fortress!

Obligatory photo of the statue of
Salzburg's most famous resident -
Mozart