First things first, though. We came here to go to the Art Nouveau Bath. It doesn’t allow photography inside, unfortunately, but I managed to sneak a couple of pictures anyway:
We spent about three hours in the pool and various thermal baths. It was lovely!
We drove into town to see the castle, which has again been turned into a university. The lucky students. Wish I could’ve studied in a castle… Ah well.
There were also some interesting buildings around the university:
And this shop sold some interesting things, including this wall clock. The text reads (translated) “It is six o’clock”.
It was getting late and we had seen lots of signs for the Mathildenhoehe, so we thought we’d investigate. It turned out that this is the origin of Art Nouveau – the museum here is where the artist colony worked. The building itself, and some more here on the top of the hill are just beautiful!
There’s another gorgeous orthodox church here. The sunset cast the gold on it molten. I couldn’t stop photographing it!
Even the bike stands are beautiful!:
And the shelter with its ornate ceiling:
And then the sunset:
It was a beautiful last destination on my trip.
Daniel and his daughter and her boyfriend joined us for a last dinner together and then it was time to say goodbye to Daniel until we meet again – haven’t decided on where the next trip will go but I’m hoping he’ll come down under this time! I haven’t been to Cairns for a long time…
