Friday 18 April 2008

Frühling in Wien


In the Late Afternoon Sun
Chattanooga Café
Graben

Ice Cream
Quick energy fix
under the palm trees
Graben

Irresistible
Happy Hour Gelato
Graben and Kohlmarkt

Take Me to Demel's
for a late afternoon respite
Kohlmarkt

Thank God it's Friday
Heissenberger Coffee and Tea
Kohlmarkt

Last Call
before the sun goes down
Kohlmarkt

Blooming Lilacs
Hofburg
Leopold Wing of the Imperial Palace
Heldenplatz

Lilacs
A lavender colored island of heady fragrance
Heldenplatz

Lilacs
Along the Volksgarten fence
The Museum of Natural History in the background
Heldenplatz

Rose Garden
Volksgarten

Lilacs and Dogwoods
Theseus Temple
Volksgarten

Relaxing the Evening Sun
Theseaus Temple
Volksgarten

In the Rose Garden
Taking in the last rays on the rose benches
Volksgarten

Café Landtmann
A few steps from Volksgarten's rose garden,
past the Burgtheater,
a last chance to sit in the sun
Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring


Frühling in Wien

Springtime in Vienna
Photos taken in the late afternoon,
while walking from St. Stephen's Cathedral
to the Burgtheater.


10 comments:

  1. Looks as though everyone is outdoors enjoying the spring! :)

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  2. I am amazed that it is warm enough for so many people to be sitting out in the sun in so many different places.

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  3. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    What was I thinking?????????????
    I wanna come RIGHT NOW!
    It looks sooooooooo divine
    At least the way you show it.......

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  4. Did everyone take Friday off from work? It looks like the whole city is out enjoing the spring time weather! Love the lilacs. I've never seen so many together in one spot...quite striking with the green grass and the white buildings.

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  5. Lovely.
    I would love to sit on one of the green chairs in the Rose Garten.

    We are planning a last cross country skiing day tomorrow.....

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  6. Hi Merisi, I love the cameos you do on life in Vienna. It all looks so genteel amd civilised. None of the raw edges of Africa

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  7. Lovely...

    But we are getting sunny days. :-) Even though some people are still getting spring snow.

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  8. Springtime in Vienna? I like the looks of that. Oh, and I love the idea of 'Happy Hour Gelato'.

    Paz ;-)

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  9. The green chairs in the rose garden, amazing! Strangers sitting side by side basking in the sun… Your photo essays pull me right in. I find myself intrigued and delighted.

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  10. Whoa, wait....is that a horse cake?

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