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| Sour Cherries and Sweet Temptation A contradictio in adiecto only if you have not yet tasted those cherries! Not my hand |
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| Season's Harbinger Midsummer and lavender is coming to the market by the bushelful |
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| Waitress in Dirndl Ready to serve you - first to the market, though! |
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| Flowers and Vegetables Most Viennese bring their own bags and many market shoppers would not leave without a fresh bouquet of flowers |
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| Stars under Stripes Zucchini squash has the starring role on midsummer Saturdays - I cooked a zucchini-basil-buttermilk soup from the yellow and green round ones, without turning on the stove |
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| Customers Anonymous Privacy screen to make sure the customers can select their favorite herbs without being outed on Facebook the next morning - just kidding, the sheets are hung to keep the sun off the herbs |
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| Buying Herbs in the Shade Coriander, Lemon and Cinnamon Basil. a large bunch each, altogether €2.10 |
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| Artisan Bread and Apricot Pizza Yours truly walked away with a nicely wrapped slice of that delicious apricot pizza - yes, thin layer pizza dough, covered generously with apricot halves and topped with crumble, sweet indulgence fit for Marie Antoinette! |
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| Apricot Tree On my way home, I passed this apricot tree - the fruits high enough to have a view of Klimt's last studio, little more than a stone's throw away |
Photographed Saturday Morning Farmers Market
at Vienna's great outdoor market, the Naschmarkt,
and in Hietzing, the 13th District
Images and Text © by Merisi
I have to come to Vienna very soon , I think, your blog is so enticing :-)
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DeleteRight now would be a very good time: the relentless heatwave of the last two weeks has mellowed into gorgeous midsummer weather, including nights cool enough to sleep well.
I love Farmers Markets and we do have some great ones here in Washington, too! This one looks terrific! Great captures! Had to laugh about being outed on Facebook!! We have that problem as well! Hope you have a great week, Merisi!
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Farmers markets are the jewels in the crown of any city priding itself of being a place that's inviting enough to live in, aren't they? And my heart with pleasure fills, to quote Wordsworth, a the mere thought of going back and being able to buy and take home what has been grown around Vienna (which, like Rome, is situated in the midst of fertile soils and blessed by a southern climate hospitable to any fruit or vegetable imaginable).
DeleteWonderful views of food, flowers, and people. Lol on the "privacy" screen. Luscious apricots by Klimt's place. We have an apricots on the tree near the complex pool. They are not cultivated but are much better than anything from the store. Seems that this year (except for the farmers market and Costco) the fruit has been completely tasteless. Also, went to see a Klimt drawing exhibit at the Getty Center. I especially liked the drawings for the Beethoven murals, of which they had a replica on display. No photos allowed though.
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Deletethere are more fuit trees in my neighborhood than one I ever imagines, this being a residential neighborhood. Even along the train tracks, small orchards tended lovingly.
Would you know anything about the reasons that the apricots in your region have been tasteless this year?
Could it be that we saw the same exhibition, Gustav Klimt / Josef Hoffmann
Pioneers of Modernism - from Oct 25, 2011 until Mar 4, 2012, curated by Alfred Weidinger? Could well have traveled onwards from the Belvedere!
Apricot pizza, are you kidding me, sounds scrumptious, and the market scenes so welcoming and the lavender, my favorite flower, fragrance, and tea,,,have I told you this before;) have a marvelous week Merisi~
ReplyDeleteOh, Merisi, what a fabulous post and a fabulous market. Everything looks so luscious and heavenly from herbs to produce to the wonderful breads. Your photographs are superb.
ReplyDeleteI love Farmers Markets! All looks so fresh and beautiful!
ReplyDeletePrivacy screen - you are too funny!
ReplyDeleteWould love to try your zucchini soup Merisi!
Thanks for the tour of the market, the colors are fabulous...
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The Farmer's Market just makes me want to go shopping.
ReplyDeleteWhat color and vibrancy.
I especially like the shot with the shaft of light falling on the customer's bouquet.
Apricot pizza sounds delightful.
I just made a apricot kuchen. the neighbors apricot tree limbs drape over the fence and into our yard. We picked a gazillion little apricots from it and now we have lucious goodies to eat.
Thank you neighbor's tree.
Our lavender is coming in too. It's so beautiful
ReplyDeleteI would love a bouquet of fresh flowers. And some bread, and pizza and... Oh! I'd love everything!
ReplyDeleteHave been to Vienna a number of times but never to any of the markets. Have so enjoyed seeing glimpses across the spectrum with you: beautiful photos, Merisi - thank you for brightening my day . . .
ReplyDeleteApricot Pizza!!
ReplyDeleteOh la la :O
Love too the stripped private herbe tent
what colors!
Thank you all for your kind comments!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed each and everyone's,
Merisi
Love it. Love the waitress.
ReplyDeleteOne day I will make it to your beautiful city and we must meet for coffees.