Saturday, August 1, 2009

Bridge over the River Drava


We all know someone who, from a certain angle, with the right lighting, etc. looks pretty darn good. So does Maribor from the bridge over the Drava. In a lovely coincidence, the Drava (Drau in German) is the very same river whose source I saw outside of Toblach in the South Tyrol. It's all grown up here, a big river, having made it's way through three Austrian provinces and flowing into Slovenia at Dravograd. It will join the Danube somewhere in Serbia. The lady walking on the left is now forever immortalized on my blog. The setting of the town is very pretty, with its hills and vineyards. I have seen a picture of the old, pre-war Marburg. It must have been a lovely town.

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