Tuesday 28 June 2011

Coffee, Anyone?
Viennese Mélange
at Café Hawelka



"... the Café Hawelka,
completely downmarket.
I have always detested
the typical Viennese coffeehouse,
famous the world over,
because I find everything
about it inimical to me."
Thomas Bernhard,
"Wittgenstein's Nephew"

Café Hawelka
Dorotheergasse

Still downmarket,
but excellent coffee! ;-)

Photographed
27 June 2011
Images © by Merisi


19 comments:

  1. What an amazing shot!!!
    The light!
    the light!
    the spoons
    the glasses
    EVERYTHING is PERFECT!
    yum yum

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  2. Anonymous28 June, 2011

    I think I'll never survive Vienna ! All those temptations ;-)

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  3. I have just lost 13 pounds in twenty days and whenever I view your wonderful delights, I would be in a mess of a heap, if I were there, for everything always looks so very wonderful;)

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  4. Beautiful shots. And, oh that coffee. I can surely smell it.

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  5. Schade nur, dass es keine Buchteln mehr gibt...

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  6. Merisi, let me second Carol's enthusiatic comment, and add that I've also loved seeing the summer in Vienna photos from the prior post.

    Gosh, I could go a bit further and say that your posts never strike a wrong note.

    Bravo! xo

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  7. just lovely ....these photos just makes a person's day or evening...Thank you !!!

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  8. Thank you all! :-)

    Amelia,
    "inimical" - that was typical Thomas Bernhard!
    He, who spent lots of time in coffeehouses, like the Bräunerhof and Sacher. ;-))))

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  10. It may be downmarket but you make it look very inviting.

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  11. Your photos are a coffee addicts heaven!

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  12. If this is down market wherefore our local corner caffs?

    Those thick white cups holding the creamy rich coffee [I smell it from here] the silverware and crisp white napkin...no plastic spoons or wafer thin paper here.

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  13. Downmarket or otherwise
    it looks blissful to me.
    The top photo -- almost a still life--
    is delightful.

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  14. It looks like my sort of place...

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  15. MORE coffee today please!!

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  16. Hello Dear Merisi,
    Coffee with you? Always!!! "Downmarket"?? It always looks perfect to me!

    I hope you have been well and are enjoying your beautiful summer there! We are just now starting to get warm weather here in New England!

    Wishing you a beautiful rest of your day!

    Betty

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  17. And not a wisp of smoke!

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  18. Thank you all! :-)

    Yes, Badger, not a wisp of smoke.
    It is paradise.

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