Dreaming of a White ChristmasWhile walking in the Winter Rain

Christmas Trees at Neuer Markt
Were they swinging in the rain,
dreaming with Bing Crosby of a White Christmas
or Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly?
Anyway, they made me smile

From the Inside looking Out
A little while earlier,
I was on my annual pilgrimagefor a Christmas tree ornament
at one of my favourite places to shop,
the "Vermischte Warenhandlung".The drizzle had changed to rain
while I was browsing the Christmas wonderland inside.
This charming old-fashioned general store takes you back
at least a hundred years, to really good old times, that is

Alfred Müller zum Jockey Club
Pedestrians rushing by,
inside, customers selecting tailor-made shirts,
oblivious to the pelting rain outside

Albertina Square
Rain was coming down hard now,
and it seemed as if all tourists had taken refuge
at Café Mozart. I had the exquisite shop windows
of Wilhelm Jungmann & Neffe,
the venerable purveyor of Finest Fabrics,
all to myself!

The Sacher
Christmas trees line the block,
all along the Sacher building
Inside, at Café Sacher,
no doubt, festive air and good coffee

Images and Text © by Merisi
R e p o s t
Links:
Vermischte Warenhandlung and Bookshop at Weihburggasse 16
Wilhelm Jungmann & Neffe at Albertinaplatz
Café Sacher, Philharmonikergasse
Alfred Müller zum Jockey Club at Tegetthoffstraße 7
Wilhelm Jungmann & Neffe starring in a Monocle film documentary about independent shopkeepers worldwide - Five testimonials against uniformity, don't miss it!