Wednesday 16 December 2009

Everything Is Illuminated


Weihnachten
Markt und Straßen
stehn verlassen,

Still erleuchtet jedes Haus,

Sinnend geh ich durch die Gassen,

Alles sieht so festlich aus.

Christmas
Shops and streets
are now deserted,
every house illuminated soothingly;
Lost in thought along the lanes I wander,
everything exudes such festive air. 

"Christmas"
Poem by
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff

Translation and Images
© by Merisi


Photographed along
the few hundred meters walking
from Demel's at Kohlmarkt
past Haydn's Michaelerhaus,
St. Michael's Church and
the fountain at St. Michael's Square,
towards Michaelerdurchgang and the passage
from Michaelerplatz to Habsburgergasse.
Christkind "Christchild" Shop Window:
Demel, Kohlmarkt


12 comments:

  1. ich liebe verlassene weihnachts strassen...

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  2. Austria is beautiful in the winter, especially at this time of the year. Thank you for showing us what you see! Happy Holidays to you!

    marain

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  3. Your pictures and words exude a festive air indeed!

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  4. all pics are good resons to see Vienna in winter...not only summer... it is very nice to visit Vienna by your object-glass... Thank you!

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  5. Lovely, lovely! It looks as if tiny crystal bells should be ringing everywhere.

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  6. Everything is BEAUTIFULLY illuminated here. Lovely is right!

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  7. Everything seems golden in Vienna.
    That shimmering wall is gorgeous.

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  8. Amazing, you can walk a couple of hundred meters and see more beautiful architecture than I could see if I drove two hundred miles here in Florida.

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  9. ahh Archangel St Michael....funny I just completed a angel icon of him and posted it last week on the blog....gesso, egg tempera, fascinating stuff..

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous photos Merisa. We've been to Austria once and it was during Christmas. Lovely.
    Sam

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  11. Oh, Vienna looks so lovely! Thank you so much for sharing such beautiful pictures, as always!

    Betty

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