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T ell m e ab ou t y o u r hom etow n.
It's a bigg ish tow n in th e sou th of the c o u n try, w ith a p o p u la tio n of ab o u t 150,000. W hen I
w as gro w in g up, I alw ays th o u g h t m y ho m e to w n was a ll rig h t but now th a t I've tra v e lle d
m o re w idely, I k n o w I w o u ld n 't w a n t to live th e re anym ore.
In w h a t w ays has y o u r tow n o r c ity changed since you w e re a child?
W ell, c rim e has been on the increase since the early 90s. My frie n d s w ho s t ill live th e re no
lo n g e r feel th a t safe. Also, it has becom e very congested and tra ffic is a rea l problem . W hen I
v is it it now, it m akes me quite sad th in k in g how th in g s used to be.
How cou ld y o u r tow n o r c ity be im proved?
The city w h e re I live now is b e a u tifu l and it's hard fo r m e to th in k of any way in w h ic h it cou ld
be im proved. I suppose if I had to find s o m e th in g , I'd say th a t it has m a in ly chain re s ta u ra n ts
and shops, so we could do w ith a g re a te r ran ge of in de pen de nt places. It w o u ld m ake eating
ou t and sho pp ing m ore enjoyable.
Are th e re any tr a ffic p ro b le m s w h e re you live?
Yes, b u t I th in k th e re a re tr a f fic p ro b le m s e v e ry w h e re in th is c o u n try , c e rta in ly in a ll
th e to w n s and c itie s . H ere, p u b lic tr a n s p o r t is re a lly e xp en sive, so eve ryon e d riv e s and
th a t m e a n s w e have s ta n d s till tr a f fic d u rin g th e ru s h hour. T hey s h o u ld in c re a s e th e
a ffo r d a b ility of th e buses.
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A place th a t I enjoy v is itin g is Graz. It's th e s e c o n d -la rg e s t c ity in A u s tria , w ith a po p u la tio n
of around 300,000. It lie s in th e s o u th -e a s t of th e c o u n try, in th e state of S tyria, w h ic h is a
green, lu s h p a rt of A u s tria .
There is lo ts to do in Graz. It has s e v e ra l u n iv e rs itie s , so fir s t and fo re m o s t it's a fa n ta s tic
place to be a stu d e n t. It's buzzing, w ith a good n ig h tlife , good re s ta u ra n ts and a lively
c u ltu r a l life . In fact, it's a UNESCO W orld H e rita g e Site and E urope's c a p ita l of c u ltu re a few
yea rs back.
If you c lim b up to the h ill o v e rlo o k in g th e old tow n, you have an am azing view of th e city.
W hat s trik e s m e m o s t w h e n I go up th e re is a ll th e tra d itio n a l, pale b u ild in g s w ith th e ir red
roofs, and th e n rig h t in th e m id d le of it a ll, a re m a rk a b le piece of c o n te m p o ra ry a rc h ite c tu re ,
th e m u se u m of m o d e rn a rt. It lo oks lik e a huge sea c u c u m b e r, c o m p le te ly o u t of keeping
w ith a ll th e a rc h ite c tu re aro un d it, but of cou rse to ta lly
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m o d e rn a rt. I alw ays th in k how brave it w a s of th e A u s tria n s to p u t it th e re , in th e h e a rt of
th e city, and how u n lik e ly it w a s th a t th a t s o rt of th in g w o u ld ever be a llo w e d w h e re I live! I
re a lly a d m ire th e m fo r it and I th in k th e b u ild in g has its own kind of beauty.
The la st tim e I w e n t to Graz, th e y w e re having a w in e fe s tiv a l. People w e re ta s tin g a ll
k in d s of w in e s fro m s ta lls on th e s tre e t, very in fo rm a lly and c h a ttin g w ith frie n d s w h ile they
d ra n k . It w a s w o n d e rfu l.
How has it changed since I fir s t visite d it? W ell, I w o u ld say it has u n d o u b te d ly becom e
m o re trendy. Like I say, the y have b u ilt a s tu n n in g new m u s e u m . They have also b u ilt an
isla n d in th e rive r, w h ich is a c tu a lly a flo a tin g p la tfo rm h o ld in g a cafe and a playg roun d. To
go w ith th e s e a -c u c u m b e r the m e , th is one is shaped lik e a sea s h e ll. I w o u ld say the lo cal
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