Yolanda and I stayed a few days in Unterpremstätten (near Graz) with my mother, Rosi. We made several trips to family favorites and some new places. Yolanda climbed all the steps up to Schloßberg - after touring down town. AND we have proof of her actually stepping into a lake.

One day Rosi took us to her favorite fish restaurant. It is about 30 minutes south from her home, in Slovenia. Fortunately, we also ordered a huge grilled meat plate for Yoldanda. Rosi and Roswitha learned how to stack the empty shells nicely, so one small plate is enough for the waste products.

       

We also toured the Klöcher wine area, where Rosi's parents came from. We visited a local wine maker for a tour. Typically, if the wine maker offers his own wine with food, he gets a good tax incentive. So there are many places named Buschenschank which are extremely busy on weekends. Drive carefully afterwards, on the small windy roads! We had to make special arrangements for the tour. The enterprises are small, much of the equipment is community owned, and much manual labor is involved. The winery was bottling wine on the day we visited. Since the equipment is there only a few days a year, every minute counted. The wine was good, and the selection quite wide, though the names were different from Napa for the same grape. The sales room and operation is MUCH smaller than what one sees in Napa.

   
   
     

There are also many things to do in and around Unterpremstätten.