奥地利／Austria（Part 2）

＊格拉茨／Graz
因为想要多了解奥地利，所以决定到两大旅游城市萨尔茨堡和维也纳以外的另一个城市去看看，最后选择了格拉茨。如果你对这个奥地利第二大城市完全没有印象，那说这是阿诺·施瓦辛格的家乡你应该会有印象吧？或许是因为之前在萨尔茨堡看到太多东西的缘故吧，让格拉茨显得非常单调。这里没有迷人的风景，没有一个像萨尔茨堡那样有特色的要塞，也没有那些特色小店，多少让人感到失望。
Wanting to see more of Austria instead of just the two main touristy cities Vienna and Salzburg, I decided to pick one more city to visit. After some deliberation, I finally settled on Graz, a soothing village (according to the Lonely Planet guidebook!) in the south of Austria and actually the second biggest city of Austria. A lot of you may not have heard of Graz, but if I mention Arnold Schwarzenegger, you may have some impression of this place, since this used to be Arnie’s home turf. Although the guidebook describes Graz as a place with tons of things to see or do, I must say, I was quite disappointed with what I see there. You cannot see a beautiful skyline like that which you can see in Salzburg. Neither is there an interesting or beautiful citadel or quaint little shops to be found. Guess I am too spoiled by Salzburg. 格拉茨是有个城堡山，走上去可以看到整个格拉茨，周边的风景也不错，还可以看到日落，不过就此而已。所谓的“城堡”就只剩下钟楼和棱堡等，然后还有几个大炮。
To be fair, there is a castle hill from which you can see the whole of Graz and catch the sunset. But what is left of the castle is that of the clock tower, the bastion and a few canons. 而格拉茨的古镇也不算“古”，感觉完全像是新镇，旧建筑外墙粉刷得漂漂亮亮，根本没有古老的味道。
The Old Town was really disappointing since it does not even have an “old” feel to it. With fresh coats of paints and nicely restored outside façade on most of the buildings, it felt more like “New Town”. 唯一让人感到有趣的是这个看起来像是外星人的博物馆。当地人称这个由两位英国人设计的建筑为“友善的外星人”，有人认为这应该是个突变的膀胱，有人则认为这其实是个太空船。无论你认为它像什么，这绝对是格拉茨的招牌之一。
The only thing that can pique one’s interest has got to be this alien looking museum. The locals refer to this creation by two UK architects as the “friendly alien” whereas some refer it to a mutant bladder or spaceship. Whatever you think this building resembles, it is definitely one of the main star of Graz.