There are train stations that stand out for their beauty and historical or logistical significance. Some of them are inspiring and sometimes awaken the imagination to write stories, make films or compose music set in that space. But there are also train stations that are nothing special. I mean, they are just normal ones. Of course, they also serve a good purpose, which is to provide a travel service to all passengers who decide to use this mode of transport, on the rails.
One of those is the station in Linz (Austria), quite ordinary but excellent in its purpose. To bring some more vibes, there were two guardian lions in front of the entrance, a fountain with water and some statues. Water creatures, probably. And people could enjoy themselves on the lawn in front of the building while waiting for their train, I suppose. First, we printed out the tickets we had purchased online the previous day and then settled down on the benches in this small park.
As we still had some time, I went to buy a bottle of water and some snacks for the ride, and I found something we had when we were children last time - soft drinks packed in this way. I bought two, just because of memories about those times. I had the orange-flavoured one.
Here, in this green area in front of the train station building, my friend found out that I have some dark sides... oops!! I was tempting her with a chocolate croissant! Without mercy! Well, her reaction said everything, and since then, she has mentioned the discovery of this dark side of mine a few times. Mainly when I was joking and showing them on purpose again in the next few days. š
The chilling time passed quickly; we had to enter the station and search for our train. That is where we printed out our tickets before the chocolate croissant event happened. This time we just checked the number of the platform where we should find our train and passed through the station.
I forgot to take a photo of the train from the platform! š¤¦āā We entered, took a seat and then I didn't go out once again just for the sake of the photo. But this is how it looked inside.
I didn't press anything here - I promise. I can have my good sides too, and behave. š
The train ride lasted for three hours, actually a bit more, but it was so beautiful! Everything was so green, we passed by meadows, fields, houses, rivers, forests, mountains... This ride was a great intake of green colour into our eyes! I recorded a very short part of it, but imagine three hours of beautiful landscape. ;)
Here we arrived at Graz, the place where we met already that afternoon a few other Hivers!! š Hurray, I remembered to take a photo of the wagon in which we spent this green time! š
Graz train station! No bomb alerts that day, hahaha, and from here we headed to our accommodation, which was a few minutes away.
If you have never visited Austria but decide to do that, I think you will not be disappointed if you take a train ride. š
Music used in video by Julius H. from Pixabay
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