"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"
The Cinnamon Peeler
Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
New York 1991
Photographedat Café Sperl
Gumpendorfer Straße 11-13
1060 Vienna
August 2009
Images© by Merisi
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! :-)
Images and Text
© by Merisi
Thank you for this post & the links. my favorite posts are ones that include a good cup of melange, coffee or hot chocolate.
ReplyDeleteThese quiet dignified cafes are like old songs, indeed.
ReplyDeletePerfection in the photographs. I can literally see you angling and moving about in the cafe;
ReplyDeleteStunning!
I never visited Sperl during either of my stays in Wien. Now I see that I missed something very special! (Or maybe you just have a way of making everything in Wien look special...)
ReplyDeleteVery elegant!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the photos, the poem and the links. I've just spent a happy breakfast time (with coffee, of course) gazing at the images you have captured so creatively.
ReplyDeleteCharming place!I´ll like to lay on one of those cosy sofas right now! instead of sitting here...Thanks!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a unique way of capturing an activity that others woul consider mundane and quotidian. Many thanks. I enjoyed the photos and the links.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
I've just spent half an hour going 'behind the scenes' with you and your camera. Absolute heaven...
ReplyDeleteJinsky found the word: heaven!!
ReplyDeletegorgeous framing for the first photo!
ReplyDeleteThat top one is especially intersting because it looks like you are looking "through" a mirror at a scene with people. Makes you thnk about the "otherside."
ReplyDeleteI would love to stay and enjoy the coffee and just soak in the magnificient atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteOh would I. I was thinking that before I even got to the end of your post. My thought was what a nice afternoon I could have just lounging in that cafe.
ReplyDeleteEin wunderbare Serie, wie ein schöner Kurzfilm! Ich liebe Deine unvergleichliche Art Wien zu zeigen!
ReplyDeletelieber Gruß und wenn ich am Freitag, wie jede Woche, in "mein" Café Kiess, in Celle gehe, werde ich an Dich denken!
isabella
I've got to learn to take photos of cafés like you!!
ReplyDeleteAfter all I go to enough cafés and I take enough photos I should be able to combone the two!
Oh, what a wonderful place to linger over a cup of coffee. Wish I could join you there.
ReplyDeleteOh boy to be able to paint that silver tray!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a dreamy setup
The lighting is gorge too...
Makes me wanna catch the next flight out.
To hell with PARIS!!
Just gimme a tray with water glasses!
I lived in Vienna 12 years ago and I miss the city every single day. Your blog keeps the love - and my dreams - alive.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your wonderful comments!
ReplyDeleteThey brighten my day.
Cheers,
Merisi
Love this cosy coffee
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