Fiaker HorsesSt. Stephen's Cathedral
KunstvereinHome of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's
New Year's Concert
Akademisches Gymnasium Wien IHigh School
Beethoven-Platz
Beethoven-PlatzBeethoven Square
KünstlerhausKarlsplatz
ÖBV BuchhandlungCorner of Schwarzenbergstraße and Hegelgasse
ÖBV BuchhandlungEntrance
Coffee BreakGrand Hotel
Kärntner Ring 9
Hotel ImperialKärntner Ring 16
Newspaper Stand and Tram StopKärntner Ring
Fiaker RideStubenring
Beautiful, though I think I prefere the green moments.
ReplyDeleteI took these during heavy rains,
ReplyDeleteon a Saturday morning, very little available light. I confess that I like Vienna even when it rains, there's an element of sweetness and comfort in gray, wouldn't you agree?
Handsome, handsome horses. But the thing that really strikes me is your oh-so-elegant coffee breaks. I could get used to those.
ReplyDelete(((long sigh)))
Beautiful, even on a gray day.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sights of gray in a beautiful city. It seems peaceful. Love the first photo of the horses and the gothic window arches at the Akademisches Gymnasium. You make me smile every time there's a cup of coffee :D Like I said the other day, coming to your sight during the holidays is like opening another window in an advent calendar. What a treat!
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Hey Merici,
ReplyDeleteLove the looks of that woman riding the carriage! It just occurred to me that you find many place where there are no people present in Vienna!
How is that?
Hope you are well!
xox
Constance
I love the windows on that gymnasium. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHorses will always draw me in, sigh. I feel for the carriage horses in the rain...what miserable working conditions. Oh, to see a photo outside the Spanish Riding School location...
ReplyDeletewillow,
ReplyDeleteoh yes, the coffee breaks,
one of the comforts of a hardship post like Vienna! ;-)))
Eileen,
I agree! :-)
Allie,
you are welcome! :-)
rochambeau,
Constance, you see few people because I either walk early in the day, before the stores open, or along side streets, which fewer people use (even though they are just a few doorways away). Sometimes I wait for people to turn a corner. ;-)
Charles Gramlich,
this school was built in the years 1863-1866, and a number of famous Austrian poets spent their high school years there, Arthur Schnitzler among them (Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" was based on Schnitzler's "Traumnovelle", the original story was set in Vienna), the famous "Kaffeehausliterat" Peter Altenberg went there, as did Hugo von Hoffmannsthal.
Barbara Martin,
ReplyDeleteClick here, for an evening scene in the courtyard of the Riding Stables, with a few Lipizzaner horses: I took this picture a year ago. Renovations have been going on there for a while, I shall try to remember to stop by there.
Grey or not, these are elegant photos. I especially like the watery reflections on the ping pong table and the horses sharing a secret.
ReplyDeleteYou make Vienna look majestic, even in the rain!
ReplyDeleteI may have to fly over there to meet you for coffee and some sweet treat as I feel I am missing out here...@:}
ReplyDeleteLove the horses. Do you ever go to see the Spanish Riding School? I would love to visit that. Always wanted to!
ReplyDeleteI do agree there is comfort in gray skies. I especially enjoy the gray you see right before a snow fall. Enjoy your gray skies - here the temperature has dropped but there is nothing but sun.
ReplyDeleteViennese Moments in Gray...
ReplyDeleteViennese Dove grey...
Pearl grey?
Definitely not slate gray or Davy's grey...
Even the ole gray mares are kissing in Vienna...
I love the ambiance on all these photos
ReplyDeleteI popped back to see the Flaker horses and only now noticed the "click here" on your response to me. (It comes of reading in the dark). The horses are fortunate to live in a place where they are properly cared for. Thank you.
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