Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Nighthawks



Walking up the Opera exit
from Karlsplatz Metro Station,
the Opera house comes into view


Café Oper


Opera Passage


Opera Passage, Hotel Sacher ahead


Hotel Sacher




According to Thomas Bernhard in "Wittengenstein's Neffe",
"the lower back" of the Opera house


The Albertina


Nighthawks at the Sacher



I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...


Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

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6 comments:

  1. What beautiful, beautiful images. Takes me back to my trip to Vienna in 2004. I drank coffee in Sacher on New Year's Eve. I was one of those Nighthawks.

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  2. ParisBreakfasts:
    Imagine, all that splendor for yourself. ;-)
    Sundancer:
    Me too!
    Great to see you again.
    di overton:
    Welcome! Sacher is a great place to linger into the night.

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  3. What a stunning city by night, beautifully photographed.

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  4. maddy:
    This is a good example to illustrate the magic of Vienna: All you need to do is walk somewhere, anywhere really. Those pictures where taken within one cityblock, in less than five minutes, ony my way to meet a friend.

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