"Here there is nothingI have taken from you
so I begin with memoryas old songs do
in this caféagainst the night
in this villa refrainwhere we collect the fragment
no longer near usto make ourselves whole ... "
Quoted from"Midnight Dinner at the Vesta Lunch"
by Michael Ondaatje *
*) The Cinnamon Peeler:Selected Poems
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York 1991
You would like to linger?No problem, we are in Vienna,
aren't we?
Click on the title
or any of the images
and
you will be served another
cup of coffee!
Enjoy! :-)
As ever, I delight in my little visit to somewhere far more elegant than here.......
ReplyDeleteIs anyone ever in a hurry in Vienna?
ReplyDeleteWhat a charmed place it seems!
Just last week I sent a group of friends off from Chicago to Vienna with the instruction:
ReplyDeleteGumpendorfer Straße 11 ! ;-)
I'm always looking for my friend in your photos...someday I might see her!
ReplyDeleteYes I would love to linger in this cafe - sigh!
I had lunch in a coffee shop in Cheraw (SC) but it looked nothing like this...it was quaint...not regal!
ReplyDeleteLovely
Sandi
Another fiest of enjoyment on your site. Your photography and eue for tictorial description is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI am replete with beaury.
Ooo, those couches look comfy! I could spend all day there writing or sketching, with plenty of coffee and pastries of course!
ReplyDeleteThis is the best... true the dark corners of the Hawelka are pregnant with possibility, yet the broad recline of the Sperl is irresistible. Tafelspitz heaven and just around the corner from Korngold's house (and the chic Cafe Dreschler).
ReplyDeleteLoved the decor pictures and closeups of the carved wood.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great eye for capturing snippets of art.
You are the Queen of Atmosphere! I love that first shot especially. It creates the illusion of looking through mirrors.
ReplyDeleteI love coffee. It's my dream to sit in a Vienna cafe and work on my novel while sipping a cup of coffee. These images are the closest I will get for a while, but help cement the dream :)
ReplyDeleteI especially love the shot with the blurring waitress. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteLL
Such an envelopping place...Thank you, once more.
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