Wednesday 30 May 2007

9th District: Strudlhof Steps




















"She was thinking back to the year 1910
and picturing the newly opened Strudlhof Steps
in the Alsergrund district of Vienna, where her husband,
whom she'd married such a short time before,
had kissed her all of a sudden on a warm evening in autumn
when it smelled of the leaves lying on the stone stairs.
"

From:
Heimito von Doderer, "The Strudlhof Steps"
or
Melzer, and the Depth of the Years
A Novel

tranlated by Vincent Kling


Links:
1) English translation of the novel, by Vincent Kling
2)Heimito von Doderer Society
3) For more pictures of the Strudlhofstiege, click here, please.



8 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 May, 2007

    How many districts do you have in Wien?
    These steps looks so inviting because of all the green.

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  2. Good evening, Britt-Arnhild:
    There are 23 districts. I found
    this map which shows you the location and the names of the districts.

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  3. fantastic photos again Merisi!

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  4. I am inclined to agree with both my precessors in the comment box. Stunning photos. That is one dandy little camera you've got there.

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  5. It is fascinating to me, the quips and quotes that alude to the very places where you are, and have been. Really amazing.
    You are surrounded by Paradise, it seems.

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  6. My former home! Ok, not the steps, but the area :-) Great pictures.

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  7. Love those steps!!! (well, maybe not the though of climbing them frequently). And all the detail pictures.

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  8. simon:
    Thank you. :-)

    c'est moi:
    Thank you. And yes, as tempted as I am to upgrade, I hesitate, because all the cameras I've been flirting with are larger, and I wouldn't be able to carry them along as easily as my little Sony. So wider angle and more zoom will have to wait.

    cipriano:
    There'd be so many more books to quote, if only I had the english translations. And I do feel as if I am in paradise, I hadn't imagined a city like this. It's quite wonderful to wake up in a dream (Dr. Freud, do I need help? *g*).

    Catharina:
    Thanks to your brother, who followed in your steps, was I able to visit those steps again last monday, and even though it was raining cats and dogs, I enjoyed it lots. :-)

    tlc illustration:
    Living in Vienna, walking becomes a way of transportation naturally. I think I've never been so fit, I can literally run those steps now without breathing harder.

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