The Castle's MausoleumA sunny weekend in June was a perfect setting for celebrating Gerg's 30th at the family castle in southern Austria. We couldn't have hoped for better hospitality, being put up in the lavishly furnished Bishop's room and being taken for some fantastic feeds along the neighbouring Wine Strasse (and a little sampling of the local drop).
In between the wining and dining, there was a little time for a day spent wandering through Graz, and then a drive through the Kamniške-Savinjske Alps to Slovenia and Lake Bled and then on to Ljubljana. As pointed out by the custom's officials at Ljubljana - what are we doing in London? ;)
Big brother watching over the Mausoleum entrance
The Crypt
Pigging out on the Wine Strasse
Beautiful vaulted corridors of the castle
Jenny, Greg and Hobbes cruising round Graz
At Graz's Clocktower atop Schloßberg
Japanese tourists
Reflections in the Kunsthaus
Rrrr!
The castle tower
Another Wine Strasse effort
AFC (Austrian Fried Chicken)
A return to the castle after a night on the town
A bedroom fit for a Bishop, and an Aimes and Hobbes
A beautiful lunch setting en route to Lake Bled
Going for a row on the stunning Lake Bled
Bled Castle and the Julian Alps beyond
Aimes cooling down after some magnificent rowing work
The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana
One of the many bridges over the Ljubljania River
Aimes obliviously obstructing cyclists, and Hobbes testing out the zoom functions of his new lens
Reflections in Ljubljania River
