Viennese Escapes: Inn River County

The Inn River's
Plain in Reichersberg
Upper Austria

Inn River Plain
The mighty Inn river
with its meanders
and the alluvial forests
offers refuge
to a wide variety of birds.
The white birds sitting
in the top of the trees
are probably cormorants.

Carpet of Leaves
In the background,
the stonewall from where
I took the previous photograph.

Herrengarten
"Friars' Garden"
Augustinian monastery
of Reichersberg.
Looking back,
through the gate,
to the tree pictured above,
and the river valley beyond.

Old Linden trees
lining the walkway
circling the Friars' Garden.

Friars' Garden



Autumn's Bounty
Cart in front of
the Monastery restaurant

Dining Under the Sycamore Trees
with a view of the river forests.
The spectacular sunset views
from the restaurant terrace
are legendary.
The red-orange disc
on the horizon
slowly sliding down,
to disappear
beyond the misty green hills,
into the blues and purples of
the dying evening light.

Sycamore Leaves
Wet and rainy
October Sunday

Wild Duck à l'Orange
Served in a splendid
stuccoed dining room
of the Monastery,
high on a plateau
above the river,
with gorgeous views
of the valley below.


For more images
of the Innviertel
(Inn River County),
Upper Austria,
click here and here,
please.