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Gösting Castle Ruins – a place of legends

The castle was build during the 11 th century and it was a place of strategic location for controlling the region of Mura valley north of Graz. Today is just a ruin, where you can have a lovely rest and enjoy the view. There is a small restaurant that is open all year around where you can have a nice cup of coffee and enjoy the view of Graz. A lovely family of cats will welcome you once you reach the castle. Close to the castle there is a path called Jungfernsprung, where you will have a lovely view of the castle, and the Mura valley. The place comes with a legend, one of the daughters of the last family who lived in the castle, Anna von Gösting, jumped to her death after her lover was killed in a duel. Today you can see a cross on a rock named after her.  If you decided to walk further, there are several hiking paths that will take you to little adventures and places around Graz.

A walk close to Rein Abbey, Austria

The trip this time was a small walk in the forest next to Rein Abbey, Steiermark, Austria. Rein Abbey is a wonderful Cistercian monastery founded in the 12 th century. If you hike in the forest next to this beautiful abbey, you will find one smaller church on the top of the hill and a chapel. There, we had a nice photo shooting for some LARP costume. I would say the place was just perfect to fulfil the purpose of our trip.  On the way back we were greeted by more snow and a lovely afternoon light filling the forest.