Klagenfurt and Graz

On our P-day last week we went with some of the YSAs on a walking tour of the Graz old city. Clara obtained tourist pamphlets for all of us (our in English--very helpful) and led us through the streets pointing out sites and landmarks. We ended up with a trip up to the top of the Schlossberg (a small mountain in the middle of the city from which the Grazers defended against the French in early 1809 (or thereabouts, I don't have that pamphlet we me right now). The kids took the stairs but we cheated and rode up on the tram. It was a beautiful sunny day, but a little hazy as we looked out over the city. We had a great time together and I'll post a few photos from that excursion.

The clock tower on the Schlossberg from inside the top floor of a big newly-remodeled store in Graz.

Taken from on top of the Schlossberg, looking out over the city to the NW.

We gave talks in church on Sunday and I'm glad to have that over with. I talked a little about an article in the September Ensign entitled Bringing Christ into Our Home. I hope you all read that. If not yet, please do so. I am impressed with how the mother used the document, The Living Christ, Testimony of the Apostles, to teach her children more about Christ. I decided if a 4-year-old can memorize that document in 4 months, surely I can as well. So I have started to memorize it in English. After that I will memorize it in German. I suggest you consider using it in your family as she did, starting in December--Christmastime. What a wonderful gift to give your family. She said how the atmosphere in her home changed, more peace and love and she herself had more patience and love for her family and others.

Elder Jeppson has a cough, but he does not feel sick at all. As we go on other buses, etc., in search of members that are not known, we realize that we have it pretty good when we can get on the streetcar and not have make any transfers to get from our place to the church. We have seen some other parts of the city and I am starting to realize just how big this city is. We had rain on the weekend, but have had several sunny, but cool days in a row. So, here are some photos:



This is the plant (yes it is a living plant) that Pres. and Sis. Husz brought me the day that I prepared lunch for the visitors who came from Stuttgart, Vienna, and Klagenfurt for a training session here for the Senior couples serving in Centers here in our mission.

The view from our apartment balcony, looking to the west. It has been fun to watch the trees gradually turning from green to yellow and orange. These trees lost a lot of leaves during the rain and are not now so lovely as they were the day this photo was taken. Too bad fall can't last as long as summer.

This was taken from the bus on the ride to Klagenfurt last week. This village had a layer of snow from the storm the day before.

Elder Byers, E. Jeppson, E. Phelan, E. Sever in Klagenfurt after the street display contacting session.

The Klagenfurt Dragon