Monday 21 July 2008

Monday Morning












Monday Morning
July 21, 2008

Detail of caryatid:
Corner of Tuchlauben, Naglergasse and Graben
All other pictures:
Demel
K. & K. Hofzuckerbäckerei

Royal and Imperial Confectioners

Kohlmarkt 14
1010 Vienna



27 comments:

  1. Anonymous21 July, 2008

    I must be an exception. I love Monday mornings. The start of another week - YES!

    I do love life though :-)

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  2. I agree with britt-a. I love life. You never know what's going to happen next!
    Glad to see you got out of the forest safely!

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  3. BRITT-ARNHILD & LLAMA:
    I love every day, Monday's no exception, and I particularly enjoyed those quiet moments of today's early hours!
    Now I wonder how I managed to leave the impression that I didn't?

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  4. Monday morning and a good cup of coffee. What a great way to start the day and I love how you captured the day.

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  5. Anonymous22 July, 2008

    Thanks for reminding of life back in Europe. Glad you found me again by the way.

    I did actually find the best expresso I have had outside of France the other day!

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  6. We're so privileged to look through your eyes at this amazing city.

    Thank you, Merisi.

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  7. PHOTOWANNABE:
    Thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed that early morning. ;-)

    ANDRE VELOUX:
    You are welcome!
    (So we "swapped" continents?)

    DAVID MCMAHON:
    It is my pleasure and priviledge, David! :-)

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  8. Anonymous22 July, 2008

    Wow!!! I love these, escpecailly the dark chandalier with the curtain pulled to the side.

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  9. Absolutely beautiful Merisi!
    Do you get tired of hearing thisall the time?
    Please do us a photo BLURB.com book we can buy and look at quietly at leisure.

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  10. How elegant Vienna looks.
    Actually, i quite like Mondays too........but then i'm not gainfully employed.

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  11. yes I like Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays!

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  12. What a delightful start to your week!

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  13. MY MELANGE:
    Oh yes, same here. And then I sat down at the window seat, and had the most delightful breakfast ever. ;-)

    PARIS BREAKFASTS:
    Merci beaucoup, cher Carol! :-)
    No, how could I? It nourishes my spirit, encourages me to keep blogging about this wonderful place I am calling home now.

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  14. SIMON:
    They are all wonderful, aren't they?
    It is Wednesday morning now,
    it rained hard all through the night,
    even now as I write this.
    My external hard drive with my photos is not working.
    Rain forecast into the weekend.
    Still, it is wonderful to be alive.

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  15. ELIZABETH:
    Elegant, inviting,
    calming. Irresistibe.
    All of the above,
    and more! :-)

    MAALIE:
    Yes! Almost as good as tea with the Queen, I guess. ;-)

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  16. I love these little glimpses, snapshots into lives, nooks and corners. Delicious! Now all I need is a hot chocolate and a slice of apfelstrudel.

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  17. Hey, it's a Wednesday here too.;)

    I loved the first picture best. Classic!

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  18. Congratulations. It's another POTD Award for you at David's. Well done Merisi! :D

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  19. Anonymous23 July, 2008

    Vienna just seems to have this lovely elegance. A young friend of ours is in Europe for 3 weeks and is visiting Vienna. I am anxious to hear about it his stay there.

    Eileen (passions to pastry)
    www.livingtastefully.com

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  20. I LOVED this on Monday...
    But now it is nearly SUNDAY!
    One day you will decide to shoot again...
    But will it be PALM SUNDAY?
    Or NEXT Monday?
    Get out that camera
    You vagabunday!
    With a little help from http://www.rhymezone.com

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  21. ABSOLUTE VANILLA:
    Make sure that you drink hot chocolate at Demel's! They slowly heat their in-house made chocolate for hours (many, can't divulge more), simmering it to heavenly perfection.

    INDICASPECIES:
    Thank you (and David too!). :-)

    There are two of these caryatids, one each at Naglergasse and at Bognergasse, and I have to look up and smile at them every time I walk by.

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  22. EILEEN:
    I agree, Vienna does have this special kind of elegance, "with a sweet languor about it," as Theodore Dreiser may have called it.

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  23. PARIS BREAKFAST:
    I know, I know!
    Would you believe that I can't get my external hard drive, with my photo archive, going? Sweet horror. :-(

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  24. Caryatids. That's such an interesting term that I looked up to check on the exact meaning. Fabulous.:)

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  25. Caryatid: a draped female figure supporting an entablature - plural cary·at·ids or cary·at·ides
    Etymology:
    Latin caryatides, plural, from Greek karyatides priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karyai Caryae in Laconia
    Date: 1563
    (Quoted from Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary)

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    It's also a beautiful word, isn't it?

    The supporting columns in the form of male figures, - atlantes -, may be better known than their female counterparts.

    The British Museum in London houses probably the most famous caryatid, taken from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, by Lord Elgin.

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  26. that's a great photo story... no words needed.
    thank you for looking in on me :)

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  27. Love that second last photo!

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