Once again Turah and I spent the day out while everyone was at school and work. Today we went downtown, but strolled along the Mur River instead of staying in the Hautplatz. I took her to the artsy Murinsel Bridge in the centre of the river. It looks like a sparkling silver seashell floating in the river.

Later that afternoon the whole family went to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Schloss Eggenberg. This is the palace that is nearby to us. It shares a property line with the kids’ school. Since it was the last tour of the day there was only one other person on the tour with us. We practically had the beautiful gardens to ourselves as well. The Baroque Palace has a theme that is based on seasons, months, years, days, and minutes. Every aspect of the home was in balance with one of these themes. I personally love d the grand reception ballroom with it’s crystal chandeliers and black and while marble floors.

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After the tour we strolled through the gardens and had fun watching the peacocks. These are the same peacocks I’ve written about before. These majestic birds hop the fence that is shard by GIBS, the kids’ school. The peacocks know that the schoolchildren eat lunch and have snacks outside in the courtyard and drop yummy tidbits for the birds to eat!

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Rudolf’s is a family run restaurant right outside the Palace gates and we all enjoyed a nice dinner out on the patio. After dinner we walked through the Schloss Eggenberg neighborhood and admired all the pretty 19^th century homes before catching the tram back home.