Saturday 20 November 2010

An Afternoon in Vienna's Leopoldstadt


Karmeliterkirche
Carmelite Church
Karmeliterplatz
Leopoldstadt
2nd District


Pediment Figure
of the Baroque Carmelite Church
reflected in a window

Spezerei
Wine, Deli and Bar

Coming and Going
Spezerei and Schatztruhe

Karmeliterplatz
A door opens and

almost without a sound,
falls shut again

Time Is Nowhere
Cádiz Tapas-Bar
Karmeliterplatz

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"Times is Nowhere"
Quoted from
Ted Hughes' poem
"September"

All other text
and all images
© by Merisi

Photographed
13 November 2009

7 comments:

  1. I just love these old doors in Wien. A world of baroque and modern, what tales of history, what characters have walked through them.

    Looks like a chilly morning to walk around, I think I would go in for a semmel,wurst and kaffee.

    Thanks Merisi!

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  2. Dah-link!
    Yr HM-LANVIN is not until tuesday Nov 23rd!
    but I guess you have classes :(
    quelle dommage

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  3. Check to see when the DOORS open up
    at least you could get a shot?

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  4. Oh my! These shots are amazing. I love all the windows.

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  5. The Tapas-Bar looks fun. :)

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  6. Yes, I am very much drawn to the windows ;) So enjoy visiting your Vienna. Thank you for sharing (and for the reference to Hughes' poem, which I am now going to attempt to find)!

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  7. Thank you all for your kind comments!

    DS,
    if you cannot find it,
    I'll type it and send it by mail!

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