Belvedere Gardensand Lower Belvedere Palace,
with Vienna's city center beyond.
Lower Belvedere Palaceand Orangerie.
St. Stephen's cathedral in the background.
A SphynxWithout a Secret?
Upper Belvedere PalaceChristmas market in front of the
South facade of the Palace
Against All That Gray:Santa Claus times three!
Santa's Toy TrainBelvedere Christmas Market
Prince Eugene of Savoy's
Belvedere Palace
Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27
Vienna, Third District
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Grey sky's are good also the Christmasman, nice shots:)
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Ah, we have gray skies here in Seattle, too, but what a great background for the Santa shots!
ReplyDeleteReally lovely! Thanks for sharing!
In your sky shots, it appears that there are rings in the monotonous gray skies (so sorry). Is that my imagination? Thank you for sharing Christmas there.
ReplyDeleteGrey skies are often to be seen here in the Netherlands. Your photos are great and you are right to add the colourful Santa photos to them.
ReplyDeleteHello Merisi, it seems almost all of us have gray skys ;) Well, it is December, isn't it!
ReplyDeleteHappy swf
lucky you it is already Friday! i think i want your camera - so clear.
ReplyDeleteThe skyline is still full of construction cranes! They were up when I was there in 2005 -- I thought all that work would be done by now.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. The two of Santa made me laugh out loud. Danke! I needed that!
Great shots, I cannot wait to visit Vienna next summer. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Regina In Pictures
I like that first link; moody.
ReplyDeleteSanta has triplet brothers? Who knew! :D
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Awesome photos!!
ReplyDeleteGreat last shot of the Santas. Is it me, or do those Santas look a bit dazzed and confused?
ReplyDeleteSo clean and crisp, and the sphinx so buxom.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures as always.
Merry Christmas Merisi.
Thank you all very much for your visit and kind comments!
ReplyDelete@ Dewdrop:
Unfortunately these rings are real,
and I have no idea how they happened! They are not visible in the original, they only show up in the reduced size version. This happens every now and then, even though I always use the same method. I would be immensely grateful if anybody out there could enlighten me about the reasons behind this.
Celestial Charms,
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought,
they do look a bit dazed. Maybe too much hot mulled wine? I am a little worried about those little kids, riding with these drunkards! ;-)
Steph,
ReplyDeletelooks as if Vienna is the new Florida for construction cranes. As soon as the first leaves start falling, they wander towards Vienna city center. ;-)
I am sure those are different cranes from the ones you saw in 2005.
There is a silver lining to grey clouds: the air temperature is usually a bit warmer than when the skies are clear. Happy Sky Watch!
ReplyDeleteI love the first two pictures. Thru' bloghopping I am learning Vienna is a foggy place too :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas.
Great shots -- no secrets there then lol.
ReplyDeleteVery good photo blog you have here!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful series of photos!
ReplyDeleteIlove the series of strange and interesting statues under the grey skies.
ReplyDeleteI can't see any rings on my computer.
ReplyDeleteIs it my imagination, or are certain parts of the sphinx a little darker than others? It almost looks as if someone has been there with dirty hands.
Lovely shots Merisi, as always.
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Cheers!
It looks as though the Sphynx needs to make a visit to Victoria's Secret so that she can have some secrets :D!!
ReplyDelete~Allie
Lovely! Even with gray skies. Come to think of it, I LIKE gray skies, too.
ReplyDeletePaz
Vienna is beautiful even with mist and grey skies. Lovely shots of the city here and the cute sanat pictures makes it seems like xmas already so have a lovely holiday season.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a wonderful place. These images are great.
ReplyDeleteOh what delightful photos!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty candid shot of that sphinx. I find her very attractive. ;)
ReplyDeleteOMG! Even Gray Vienna is beautiful! And where is Victoria when a girl needs her?
ReplyDeleteLove it!
hugs
Sandi
I stayrd and stayed.
ReplyDeleteand stayed and stayed
to see what I could see,
enjoying every minute
of all there was for me.
When I had reached the very end,
to Skywatch I retuned
to thank you
my dear blogging friend
for wonders I had learned.
These pictures are beautiful! I love gray skies :)
ReplyDeleteVery fine sequence, with the grey skies views and the happy images of Santa Claus. I enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteVery atmospheric...it looks cold and Christmassy.
ReplyDeletea nice series of holiday shots.
ReplyDeleteenjoyed your post.
happy holidays.
This is a lovely series of Christmas shots. I think the gray skies make the colors stand out more. :)
ReplyDeleteChristmas really does a lot to enliven a grey cold time of year. Great shots and happy ho ho ho holiday season.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your visits and for leaving a comment.
ReplyDeleteI indulged myself in visiting your blogs in return, and got reachly rewarded. Thank you and a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to you! :-)
l really love the composition all the lines in the belvedere place gardens
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