How to Beat the Heat?Moving up?
Or laying downin the cool grass,
in front of Theseus' Temple?
Only Suggestions! Various positions,
all apt to cool you down!
Recommended reading:
Christoph Ransmayr's
"The Terrors of Ice and Darkness"
An arctic winter tale,
on a hot July afternoon,
oh frigid heavens!
Talking aboutPenguins and ships trapped in ice?
Or would you rathersit down on a green Rose Bench,
under rows and rows of roses?
Reading under the influenceof rose fragrance?
This being Vienna,you may hide under
deep shade trees and
behind bushes,
and .... read!
What else?
This being Vienna,you do not have to deprive yourself
of creature comforts either!
Another Iced Coffee, perchance?
Yes, the house on the roof,
the Rose Garden,
the Theseus Temple,
and this temple to the Viennese way of life,
the Volksgarten's Pavillon,
are all within sight of each other!
Note:
This is also
Under the Arcades of City HallRefuge for tired wanderers
City Hall SquareSome people are working.
Hard.
Very hard.
In the heat of the afternoon,
into the night!
I am taking off!
See you,and a cool weekend to you all!
Photographed this past Wednesday
Some of the pictures will reveal
more Viennese images
when click upon.
That first picture of a house on the roof looks as though it landed their in some gigantic flood.
ReplyDeleteWe will be having a cool weekend here in England. It's raining again and is forecast for the weekend.
Ah, Summer in Wien. Magical,even in sweltering heat.
ReplyDeleteIced coffee in the Volksgarten, a slim book of Rilke to hand, the scent of roses in the air....
and here in Oxford it rains.
Thanks Merisi for such beautiful and tempting observations.
How warm is it in Vienna right now? A cool weekend in Dallas is anything below 100.......hopefully it won't cross that mark until next week!
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of the guy reading outside at the cafe. Makes me long for Europe.
ReplyDeleteAll hail to the "hot" readers! Books are so darn sexy you must admit! Great post! :-)
ReplyDeleteHope you had a nice 4th. It was lovely to get your comment. You always make me smile!
xo
Constance
Everywhere would be better than moving up to the white hut!
ReplyDeleteI would prefere among the roses with abook :-)
Looking at these photos have made me feel very cool, indeed. ;-)
ReplyDeletePaz
*Why* is there a hut/shed thingy on the top of that building? (it looks so very odd)
ReplyDeleteThe photos on your blog are really beautiful. I enjoyed myself visit it and will surely return again.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Alexander
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex
Oh, I could do with some chilling out from the summer sun - right now I'm suffering far too much rain, cold and grey! I shall have to live vicariously through your gorgeous images!
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Oh reading in the shade with an iced coffee, in a vienese park!
ReplyDeleteI dream to be here and to see you photographing!!
Brilliant billet one more time,
LORENZOTHELLAMA:
ReplyDeleteNoah's Viennese Outlet! ;-)
KURWENAL:
You are welcome!
These images are still from my one and a half hour break I took on Wednesday afternoon. One wouldn't believe how many people are reading books in cafes and parks!
I hope the weather gods have brought you sunshine by now.
ALLIE:
Temperatures are hovering around eighty. There have been days with high humidity, right now it's dry and sunny again, 80°F, after a nice cooling down yesterday. Nights are very pleasant still.
I hope you do get relief every now and then! ;-)
CHARLES GRAMLICH:
It is quite a change from my old watering whole at the Firehook Bakery on Pennsylvania Avenia, in Capital Hill area of DC! There people tend to read the politics and business section, even though the Library of Congress is just across the street. ;-)
ROCHAMBEAU:
ReplyDeleteI share your opinion about those book readers, they warm my heart, every time I see one. :-)
PAZ:
Oh, I understand.
Happened to me too, even though I had no time to stop for a cool nice break. ;-)
BRITT-ARNHILD:
The view would be great from up there, though! :-)
TIC ILLUSTRATIONS:
There's restauration work going on up there. Click on the photo, it will take you to a previous post of mine, where I wrote more about it. ;-)
ALEXANDER:
Thank you!
Absolute Vanilla (& Atyllah):
ReplyDeletePlease enjoy yourself, as often and as much as you'd like! ;-)
BRIDGET:
Merci! :-)
I hope you do make it to Vienna in the near future!
The old and the new mingle and blend so perfectly in Vienna. The architecture is a feast for the eyes. So many people reading...it is obviously a very cultured city...how could it not be, with all the Viennese history?
ReplyDeleteGood Morning from Mississippi! Hope you have a great week. Keep up the good work here!
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