This weekend the fifth vegan summer
festival called “move” took place. I had never been there because
I had never been in Graz when it took place. This year, however, I
was there and it was great. It all goes down in “Stadtpark” on
the “Passamtswiese”. Of course I wasn't there just for fun, I had
to work but it was great anyways. The main idea of the festival is
lots and lots of awesome vegan food. Everybody tries to eat as much
food as possible, relaxes for some time and then gets something new
to eat. That's not everything of course. There are live bands,
workshops, a bouncy castle and lots of information desks. The move
festival also has a tradition. Bad weather. This year it was the
same. On Friday it just rained. On Saturday, however, it hailed. Very
nice. Still, it didn't really matter for me because I was under the
food tent anyway. There even were some people dancing in the rain and
the band continued playing. When the rain finally decreased there was
a huge lake on the lawn and most booths were gone because the water
was everywhere. It was nice anyway, I had some great food and met
lots of people. I still hope that the tradition will be broken next
year. ;)Sonntag, 26. Mai 2013
Move in rain - again
This weekend the fifth vegan summer
festival called “move” took place. I had never been there because
I had never been in Graz when it took place. This year, however, I
was there and it was great. It all goes down in “Stadtpark” on
the “Passamtswiese”. Of course I wasn't there just for fun, I had
to work but it was great anyways. The main idea of the festival is
lots and lots of awesome vegan food. Everybody tries to eat as much
food as possible, relaxes for some time and then gets something new
to eat. That's not everything of course. There are live bands,
workshops, a bouncy castle and lots of information desks. The move
festival also has a tradition. Bad weather. This year it was the
same. On Friday it just rained. On Saturday, however, it hailed. Very
nice. Still, it didn't really matter for me because I was under the
food tent anyway. There even were some people dancing in the rain and
the band continued playing. When the rain finally decreased there was
a huge lake on the lawn and most booths were gone because the water
was everywhere. It was nice anyway, I had some great food and met
lots of people. I still hope that the tradition will be broken next
year. ;)
Montag, 20. Mai 2013
Save some rivers
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Some of you may know that I am active
in the citizens' group “Rettet die Mur”. It is about preventing
the hydroelectric power stations that “Energie Steiermark” wants
to built in and around Graz. Most of you will probably think: “Wow,
she's an idiot. Hydroelectric power is the best thing for our
environment and she just wants to prohibit everything.” Well,
Hydroelectric power is not good for our environment and I don't want
to prohibit everything at all. It is just that these power plants in
Graz would produce CO² and methane, would be very expensive compared
to how much energy they produce and would destroy the habitat of
dozens of animals and plants. In addition Graz would be a
construction area for about 3 years and all the trees that give shade
and fresh air in the middle of the city would be gone. Not that
attractive for me.
Anyway, I didn't really want to write
about the Mur but about the Sulm. There is a similar project going an
at the river called “Schwarze Sulm” in a town called
“Schwanberg”. A guy with too much money wants to built a
hydroelectric power plant in the middle of a “Natura 2000”
sanctuary. This should be forbidden but he somehow managed to get a
yes for the project. Now he starts to built even though not all land
owners of the land he needs agree. So the reaction of the townspeople
was to start a protest. They set up a camp to prevent him from moving
on. Yesterday I was there and it unbelievably beautiful. The river it
crystal clear and freezing cold and everything else is a fresh green.
This unique landscape really deserves being protected. I f you want
to help you can come to the demonstration on Wednesday and go there
any time. They are always happy to see helpful people. :)
More info here:
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Dienstag, 14. Mai 2013
Falling...falling...falling
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On Sunday I did one of the craziest
things in my life so far. I jumped off a 96 meters high bridge.
If you now think that I am crazy: I am
not. I just went bungee jumping. It wasn't my idea, however. On my
last birthday I got it as a present and last Sunday, nearly one year
after that I finally dared to to do it. My voucher was for the famous
and very high bridge “Jauntalbrücke” so I went there with my
sister and a friend of mine. It
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is Europe's highest railroad bridge
with its 96 meters. Under the bridge the river “Drau” flows. The
scenery there is beautiful, the green-blue water and forest
everywhere! The scenery, however, was not enough to calm me down.
When I got there, there were 4 people jumping before me. With every
person jumping off the platform I got more nervous. I don't suffer
from vertigo and I knew that nothing bad at all would happen. Still,
the thought of having to jump was horrible. When it was my turn one
of the trainers told me what to do and said I should take it easy.
Haha. That's not that easy when you are standing on the edge of such
an abyss. ;) With the instructions, however, it was not so bad
because I could concentrate on what I had to do. So when the final
word of the countdown (Jump!) was there I just jumped and tried to do
what the guy told me to. At first I thought I have to throw up
because of that horrible dropping feeling I got in my stomach. It
felt like going down with an elevator but about a hundred times
worse. After that it was just amazing! It was so much fun, I had to
giggle all the time while spinning through the air. When my spinning
got less, the guy in the rubber dinghy on the river grabbed my hand
and pulled me in the boat and asked me if I was alright. I was very
alright. :D After hiking all the 96 meters back up again to my
friends I got a certificate that I am a woman for every case. ;) I
can absolutely recommend bungee jumping to you, I would definitely do
it again if it wasn't so expensive.
Donnerstag, 9. Mai 2013
New Addiction
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I think we all know the problem of
sitting in front of the computer, having to study and doing nothing
for university at all. The distractions I use most often are stupid
computer games and youtube videos. I play computer games when I am
supposed to study even if in general I don't like playing computer
games at all. I always think it is a waste of time. Obviously not
when I should study. ;) Still, youtube is even worse. I open it
because I want to listen to a specific song while studying and I
never close it again. My latest youtube addiction are Dan and Phil. I
don't know if you know them or not. They are two British guys who
basically make youtube videos. They started in 2009 and are still
going. They don't even do crazy stuff or especially amusing things,
they just talk. They talk about things they like or don't like, about
embarrassing things that happened to them or they play truth or dare.
They got quite famous via youtube and now have their own radio show on BBC radio one. One thing I use as an excuse for spending so much time watching them
is that they also do some videos on different English accents. For
example, they did one video called “How To Speak Northern” in
which a friend of theirs from Northern England tests Dan on Northern
vocabulary. They also did one video where they tried to do an
American accent. The other excuse I use is that watching English
videos counts as listening practice. ;) I don't know why but I just
can't stop watching their stuff. If you also want to waste some of
your time I give you the links to their channels here:
I think we all know the problem of
sitting in front of the computer, having to study and doing nothing
for university at all. The distractions I use most often are stupid
computer games and youtube videos. I play computer games when I am
supposed to study even if in general I don't like playing computer
games at all. I always think it is a waste of time. Obviously not
when I should study. ;) Still, youtube is even worse. I open it
because I want to listen to a specific song while studying and I
never close it again. My latest youtube addiction are Dan and Phil. I
don't know if you know them or not. They are two British guys who
basically make youtube videos. They started in 2009 and are still
going. They don't even do crazy stuff or especially amusing things,
they just talk. They talk about things they like or don't like, about
embarrassing things that happened to them or they play truth or dare.
They got quite famous via youtube and now have their own radio show on BBC radio one. One thing I use as an excuse for spending so much time watching them
is that they also do some videos on different English accents. For
example, they did one video called “How To Speak Northern” in
which a friend of theirs from Northern England tests Dan on Northern
vocabulary. They also did one video where they tried to do an
American accent. The other excuse I use is that watching English
videos counts as listening practice. ;) I don't know why but I just
can't stop watching their stuff. If you also want to waste some of
your time I give you the links to their channels here:
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