Window Shopping

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Artists in the Pastry Kitchen

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In Demel's pastry kitchen
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Palais Ferstel at Night

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"The magnificent Palais Ferstel is located in one of the oldest parts of Vienna. Inspired by a long journey to Italy, the young architect Heinrich von Ferstel created one of the city's most interesting 19th-century edifices between 1856-1860, architecturally combining ashlar construction and Venetian-Florentine trecento style."

Quoted from the "Austria Congress" website,
Palais Ferstel Events.
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Angels

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Café Mozart


Café Landtmann



What about their sleeping habits, the fabric of their robes,
their diet of unfiltered devine light?
What goes on inside their luminous heads?

From:
"Questions About Angels"
Poems by Billy Collins
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Puppet Theater at Schönbrunn Palace

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Mozart Himself


Café Marionettentheater



The Martionettentheater's website offers information about current productions and the history of the theater. You can even listen to Papagenos second aria from the opera of "The Magic Flute", here.

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In the Night Kitchen

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How to Take Home a Sachertorte in Style

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The Original Sacher-Torte ("piccolo" size) serves 4,
there are also sizes I, II and III (serving 6, 9 or 12).


Have your Torte packed in the appropriate travel container


All-zippered up, the Sacher-Torte
is now ready for a safe ride home
in your Lamborghini.

Schönbrunn Palace Windows

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Windows of the palace's facade,
which can be peeked into
from the outdoor staircase of the Ehrenhof (Honor Courtyard).

Quote of the day:
"Frankly, Schönbrunn is overhyped."
;-)

Christmas in Schönbrunn: Of Angels and Stars and Other Heavenly Things

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Shellac-etched glass star


Handcarved wooden angels in glass bell


Santa and Christkind scene in a tinderbox
Handcarved wooden figures
crafted by toymakers in the village of Seiffen
in the German Erzgebirge region


Angel
(keeping an eye on the punch line?)


Woolen sheep on cloud
(wouldn't hold still)


Pictures taken tonight at the
Christmas Market at
Schönbrunn Castle

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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One Fine Day

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Viennese Morning Sky


Alpine Butter


Sachertorte
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Good Night from Vienna

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It was a cold and rainy night out there,
as I walked toward St. Stephen's cathedral
after a concert in the Musikverein.
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Vienna Musikverein

The Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein
This is the home of the
New Year's Day concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Being Green in November

Osage Orange in Bennetton Shop
13th District




Household store on Kohlmarkt
First District

A sampling of the creativity of Viennese shop window decorators:
Window Eating at Café Konditorei Gerstner
Matteo Thun's Coffee Cups
Autumn Highlights
Penguins at the Optician's: Babysitter Blues
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Tuesday's Rose

Gray sky, low light all day.
What a pleasure to discover
this morning these roses in the courtyard
of our corner bakery.

The same courtyard in September:
Saturday Morning at the Corner Bakery