tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post8282717268062826207..comments2024-01-22T00:24:44.030+01:00Comments on Merisi's Vienna for Beginners: Upper Belvedere Palace in WinterMerisihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-12374777357995074172010-12-31T02:29:28.740+01:002010-12-31T02:29:28.740+01:00This looks like a drawing...
Not real at all...
A ...This looks like a drawing...<br />Not real at all...<br />A fairy tale..?Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-61476222135192489052010-12-30T13:39:25.398+01:002010-12-30T13:39:25.398+01:00Fantastic vantage point. Love the almost monochro...Fantastic vantage point. Love the almost monochrome look to it, but for the palace itself.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790643093613089654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-51235658731150677092010-12-30T08:54:53.088+01:002010-12-30T08:54:53.088+01:00What a splendid winter scene! I cannot imagine wha...What a splendid winter scene! I cannot imagine what it costs to heat such a huge place.RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-84514048627645883762010-12-30T05:10:04.125+01:002010-12-30T05:10:04.125+01:00Amber,
it was pretty chilly!
Belvedere, with its t...Amber,<br />it was pretty chilly!<br />Belvedere, with its two palaces, the lower one downhill and the upper on top of the hill, was Prince Eugene's summer residence. I was early for an appointment nearby and walked the whole length of its gardens, a walk that offers beautiful views of the inner city (the First District) and the vineyard hills and the Vienna Woods beyond. It takes about Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-87141216401783086802010-12-30T03:17:18.341+01:002010-12-30T03:17:18.341+01:00I love the pastels!I love the pastels!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-2850735027091767722010-12-30T02:11:07.157+01:002010-12-30T02:11:07.157+01:00Merisi, I agree with Amber that the palace does lo...Merisi, I agree with Amber that the palace does look pretty chilly, but it also seems timeless in that setting, as if it has always been there.<br /><br />Back to modernity, the Chanel shops here also have got that theme. I love the cut paper, while also thinking that the Anthropolie merchandising team are the masters at the use of paper, even recycling masters.<br /><br />Our NYC blizzard is onFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-66946536736696667742010-12-30T02:05:16.105+01:002010-12-30T02:05:16.105+01:00BBBBRRRRRR!! It must be soo cold there! My acu-...BBBBRRRRRR!! It must be soo cold there! My acu-weather says upper 20's and 30's--too cold for me! Imagine life in that palace before central heat!!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337640114633097389noreply@blogger.com