Merisi's Vienna for Beginners

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Coffee and Peonies
Saturday Farmers Market

Coffee & Peonies
Early morning at the
Farmers' Market

Photographed
at La Salvia
Saturday
5 June 2010
© by Merisi
Repost

Peony Days
Alpine Garden of the Belvedere

Peony
Alpine Garden at the Belvedere

The Alpine Garden of the Belvedere
was created in 1803, at the suggestion of Archduke Johann.
It was the first alpine garden and to this day
thousands of alpine plants and flowers
greet visitors who find the small gate
a few hundred feet from the southern entrance
of the gardens of the Upper Belvedere Palace
Photographed 25 May 2012 at 5:15PM
85 mm lens
Images and Text © by Merisi

Friday, 25 May 2012

Cupcake Mania
Have your Cupcake and eat it too

I am the King
Cupcakes rule!

Cupcakes run the World!
Everywhere I turn,

cupcakes, cupcakes,
cupcakes, and more cupcakes!

And some people not only look,
but eat them too!

What is your
favourite cupcake?
Images and Text © by Merisi
50mm

Thursday, 24 May 2012

In the Quiet of the Morning
Early Bird taking a Break

Early Bird
beats the crowds
St. Michael's Gate
Hofburg Imperial Palace
Michaelerplatz
Photographed Sunday Morning
50mm lens
Images and Text © by Merisi

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The Botanical Garden in May
A Dash along its Paths before the Rain

A View of the Upper Belevere Palace
from the Botanical Garden

In late May,
the garden shines

in all shades of green
imaginable,

spring flowers
give way to early summer blooms

and the potting shed
is once again covered
by the green leaves of wisteria

Photographed in the Botanical Garden
of the University of Vienna
Adjacent to the gardens of the Belvedere
and its Alpine Garden
Rennweg 14
3rd District
Images and Text © by Merisi

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Coffee, anyone?
The Spanish Riding School Café

In the quiet
of the morning

a cup of coffee
before watching the morning exercise
of the Lipizzan horses

Café in der Spanischen Hofreitschule
The Spanish Riding School Café
Visitor Center of the Spanish Riding School
Imperial Palace
Under the dome of St. Michael's Gate
Michaelerplatz

Images and Text © by Merisi

Monday, 21 May 2012

Sunday Morning in the City
Viennese Moments

Three Blind Mice
Valentino Garavani's version, that is

Two White Horses
and a blue carriage

You'd be scared too
if you'd almost come under a coach!

Follow me?
Not!

I'd rather watch
a pastry fairy making apple strudel!
Images and Text © by Merisi

Saturday, 19 May 2012

What you see and what you get
Viennese diversionary Tactics

A Camel Hair Overcoat
or a Livio de Marchi sculpture?

A Viennese Mélange
or an Italian Cappuccino?

A Dream within a Dream
or Café Orlando di Castello?

A storefront
or an all too clever diversionary tactic

to distract you from
that little Chocolate "ménage à trois"
I had with my coffee?

Photographed 2 April 2012
at Café Orlando di Castello
and Fütterergasse
Images and Text © by Merisi

Friday, 18 May 2012

Luncheon of the Boating Party
Viennese Escapes

A rainy day
on a lake

accompanied by music
good company

and great food
turns bright

and
cheerful

even though

rain falls

unceasingly

all the way

up and down
the lake and river shores

Nonetheless,
we return with sunshine
on our minds

and music still playing
in our hearts

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

On a Day like this
Imagine ...

Lake Constance
Try to imagine:
grey sky, water the colour of lead,
rain, rain, and more rain.
What would you expect
from a luncheon on a boat?
Photographed on Lake Constance, Austria
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Images and Text © by Merisi