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Graz, Home of Governator Schwarzenegger
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Graz, Austria, recently bore its very own Metblog, a good sign that there's something to love about Austria's second city. No, the fact that the Governator was born in one of its suburbs doesn't count. We're thinking more the lines of a breezy, creative spirit created by Graz's huge student population. For a rough comparison, consider it the Boston of Austria: you know, half of your friends went to college there.
Graz is close to Hungary and Slovenia, and about a three-hour train ride away from Vienna. Its old town neighborhood (pictured) is a UNESCO World Heritage site. We're not usually the antiquing type, but are eager to try it along Graz's well-known Sackstrasse now that Metblogs points us to a world war figurine window display that's thrown a cow and giraffe into battle. It's the little things, people.
For lodging in Graz, try the Augarten design hotel for $146 a night. They've also got apartments available for a few bucks more.
If you're not cooking your own food in your apartment at the Augarten, stop for a meal at Iohan (that's a capital "i"--nothing to do with Lindsay), and enjoy your Austrian wine under its pretty vaulted ceiling.
Just watch out for those vigilante tour guides on your walk home.