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It seems these luminous days
will never end.
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which was almost empty during August,
now is filling up again.
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being replenished.
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are all reopening, the shops.
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from the country, the sea,
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all jammmed with cars.
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James Salter's novel
"A Sport and a Pastime"
*
I.M.
Elisabeth,
my sister,
to the memory
of hours spent
at Zauner's Esplanade
over coffee and
that delicious
Strawberry Napoleon
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31 August 2008
at
Esplanade-Café Zauner
Café & Pastry Shop
Bad Ischl
Nice, nice, nice!
ReplyDeleteOh the light in these pictures in this and your last few posts is just beautiful. Your city looks a perfect dream ...
ReplyDeleteThank you Merisi for these photos, I love the Wiener cafés and tea-room.
ReplyDeleteNice september...
Amitiés,
Nathanaëlle
So beautiful photos, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteLove the bandstand!
Lovely. Summer is winding down and everyone is returning home. Our beaches our finally almost empty and I can (selfishly) have them to myself. bliss!
ReplyDeleteAmelia,
ReplyDeletemerci! :-)
Karen,
the light here is out of this world, a delight.
Nathanaëlle,
me too! :-)
Sonia,
thank you! :-)
Loree,
I enjoyed August here, with most tourists and even Viennese gone. ;-)
There is, indeed, a charmed feeling to these end of summer days -- golden, luminous, and still.
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