Sunday 19 January 2014

Café Griensteidl at Michaelerplatz
Viennese Coffee Melange, anyone?


A Grey January Day
Viewed from a Viennese coffee house,
looking out at St. Michael's Gate


Coffee and Apple Strudel
In that amber-scented calm,


Ceilings richly wrought,
Mirrors deep as thought


There, restraint and order bless
Luxury and voluptuousness


Café Griensteidl
Michaelerplatz 2


Loos Haus
Red Valentino Boutique
Herrengasse and Michaelerplatz


"In that amber-scented calm;
Ceilings richly wrought,
Mirrors deep as thought, …
There, restraint and order bless
Luxury and voluptuousness."

Quoted from Edna St. Vincent Millay's
translation of Baudelaire's "Invitation en Voyage"

Photographed 18 January 2014
Images © by Merisi

Links:
-> Alfred Loos Haus
-> Valentino and Fiaker at Michaelerplatz->
-> Charles Baudelaire, Invitation au Voyage
50mm

11 comments:

  1. I am sure the figures at St. Michael's Gate would like to come in for a piece of that strudel and hot coffee as they are not dressed appropriately for the January weather and must be cold.

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  2. Love that one! Once I tried "testing" Apfelstrudel everywhere. Long ago, so I have to go for another try ;-) I love it!!!!

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  3. A magnificent, if a bit complicated, way to get a coffee!

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  4. Oh, what pictured bliss.....................

    -happy sigh-

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  5. Gorgeous. I love those light fixtures too.

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  6. St Michael's gate is stunning, Merisi.

    And strudel looks very tempting indeed.

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  7. I can't think of anything better on a grey winter day than to be inside that cafe drinking coffee and eating that strudel. Love how you captured the view out that window in the first photo.

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  8. Fantastic ! What a view..... not only on the tables, but also out the windows.

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  9. Une belle série de clichés, et, cet Apple Strudel qui est bien appétissant , j'aime beaucoup cette gourmandise !!!!

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  10. oh yes, amber scented calm is just what I need.
    what a lovely concept.

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