Austria: Day 2

Today was a holiday, Ascension Day, I think. Almost everything was closed because of it, but it also meant there were fewer people on the streets, so that was nice. It's good to be able to look touristy without toooo many people around to notice. Since I slept through the hotel's breakfast, I ate at the cafe in Mur Island. Mur Island is an artificial island built in the middle of a river running through Graz. It sorta looks like a conch shell. Breakfast was good, and then I continued my tourist walk through the city. I had a list of the sights I wanted to see in the city, and I made my way through Graz, seeing the history. It's a really cool town, small, nice and clean, relaxed. They pride themselves on their mix of modernism and history, and on their selection as Unesco's 2003 Cultural Capital of Europe. They apparently celebrated quite a bit over that one, and there are still remnants of it around the city. I saw the armoury - it was fun. Tons and tons of weapons and armour, most of it a few centuries old. My favorite floor was the ground floor, though, with the history of the wars fought where the armour was necessary. I found it really interesting; the weaponry alone got a little redundant, though. When all 8000 rifles look the same, you can't spend a lot of time with them. But I'm glad I went, it was cool. I saw the Royal Bakery, which has been serving the people longer than we've been a country (since 1568). I spent the entire day sightseeing, so by early evening, I was exhausted. I slept for a couple hours, and then experienced the highlight of my evening. I took a nice, long, relaxing bath in the hotel's huge bathtub. It was my first bath since I arrived in Denmark!!!!! It was so so so so so so so so so wonderful, especially after a day of walking and a couple days of traveling.