Hi Mom!
My host mom had some visitors here, distant relatives from overseas! So we had to show them the city and we toyvoyagers went along for some sightseeing!
We walked along the river Mur to the city center and the first thing we saw was an island! It's the Murinsel. Two bridges connect the island with the mainland and there is also a café on the island where you can enjoy the view!
Then we walked on to the Kunsthaus! This strange looking blue bubble is a museum for contemporary art and photography. You can see me sitting on top of a small model in front of the Kunsthaus. The small model was made for the blind, so that they can touch it and "see" the building with their hands! You can see that the bubble has some tubes on the surface: They are called nozzles. They all look in one direction... well, not all! One looks directly up to the Schlossberg and when you are inside of the Kunsthaus, looking through this nozzle, you can see the Uhrturm, the town's landmark!
The Kunsthaus and the Murinsel have been built for Graz 2003, when Graz was Cultural Capital of Europe. This year, the Capital is Istanbul, among others!
