"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
Photographed at Café Sperl Gumpendorfer Straße 11-13
1060 Vienna
You would like to linger?No problem, we are in Vienna,
aren't we?
Click on the titleor any of the images
and
and you will be served another
cup of coffee!
Enjoy! :-)
Photographed and first published in August 2009
Images and Text © by Merisi
The detail on that corner makes my fingers itch to follow its curves...*smiles*
ReplyDeletePosts within a post - fabulous! This was a real treat to explore today. Makes me long to be in any one of these divine places.
ReplyDeleteI know I always say this, but this cafe looks just like the one they used in the movie "The Illusionist". So lovely! I especially like the curved/angled sofas, so that more than two people can sit around and have face-to-face conversation.
ReplyDeleteDon't see any coffeehouses remotely that cool over here, at least not where I'm from.
ReplyDeleteThe romance just oozes from your photography Merisi.
ReplyDeleteThe Cafes look so inviting. I think I would linger over coffee forever.
What a beautiful place to begin one's morning, or to stop anytime of the day for warmth from a cup, and of good cheer~
ReplyDeleteThe first photo, through the mirror, is just amazing!
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