The HIVE Tour - Episode 21c - Enjoying the beauties of Graz

Graz is blessed to have such a wonderful hill overlooking the city like Schlossberg and at the moment I am in front of this:

This construction used to act as a bastion back in the day cause now we might be able to have peaceful walks around here but centuries ago the flowers where not watered exclusively by water...

The view around it is (surprise, surprise) nice:

But the overview it offers is ... you tell me in the comments below:

Remember the Chinese pavilion in the previous episode? Here it is:

Walls with stories to tell under the Austrian cloudy yet bright blue sky:

How much green can you handle?

That's a lovely little square isn't it?

The "catch" of this square though is this piece of art:

In case you wonder what this is about the most convenient and multilingual way is to read the local sign:

Unfortunately it's all German to me again:

I guess this is a radio antenna and they decided to put it over the toilets - two gross in one:

Here's the local bell tower, the Glockentrum:

Looks tall to you? With its 34 meters it should. Looks old to you? Being almost half a millennium old it should.

Next to that bell tower are these Roman bits:

You can enjoy a walk over them through this transparent corridor:

This one here is a venue for shows and as you can see it has a retractable roof so it can host gigs regardless the weather:

The local restaurant/bar has good reviews but I can't tell you if this is only because of the stunning view to the city of Graz:

What a cute well is this one:

You can read multilingual info about it in this sign:

Who likes gothic stuff? Me not so much but this one is the local Gothic Gate:

This lion statue,

is here to remind us of that bloodshed:

Things got kinda dark right? Let's take a break here and I promise you no more blood in the next parts of my walk around Graz. See you!