Thursday, 15 September 2011

A Viennese Breakfast
Cafè der Provinz


A
steeple

a
baroque
church

a
quiet
lane

potted
oleander

Sit
down

order
half a Belgian waffle
with maple sirup
and a sprinkle of
wildflower dust

sip
a caffèlatte

breathe

*

Photographed
5 August 2010
at
Cafè der Provinz
Maria Treu Gasse 3
8th District

Images and text
© by Merisi
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11 comments:

  1. I would lick those buildings [and get arrested no doubt] for they all appear to be made of royal icing.

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  2. Moannie,
    *giggles*

    I know you would! ;-)

    Could I comfort you with a big dollop of whipped cream instead? ;-)

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  3. Perfection. Because of you, I know that one day, I will most definitely head to Vienna--it all just looks so exquisite through your lens.

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  4. A Brush with Color,
    it IS exquisite, Sue! :-)

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  5. Hungering for a Viennes glass with a spoon...
    Can a place be called a cafe if they do not have this?
    just wondering.. :)

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  6. Why just half a waffle? Go for the whole one! and then walk it off on the beautiful streets of Vienna :-)

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  7. Paris Breakfast,
    enough glasses with spoons left for everybody!
    xxx

    Zosia,
    those are really big waffles, half is perfect (then, it was not mine anyway!). ;-)

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  8. Such a lovely scene...I wonder, though, as oleander is so poisonous, should a blossom fall into one's coffee, could that create a problem. I see the beginning's of a forensic novel!!

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  9. RNSANE,
    there are so many blooming oleander plants all over Vienna, somehow they must have learned to sail past those coffee cups. I am not sure, though, I'll dare drink another cup of herb blossom tea, at least not as long as I do not know how a dried oleander blossom looks when brewed. ;-)

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  10. I know, when I lived in Tampa, FL, they had oleander planted all along the causeway. It looked so beautiful in bloom - but, then, there were signs posted, warning people not to pick the flowers or to roast hot dogs or marshmallows using sticks made from oleander twigs!!

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  11. Beautiful images! Wildflower dust? What a charming idea.

    And what fun to meet another ex-Tampan here in virtual Vienna! I remember those same oleanders and warning signs on the causeway.

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