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Saturday, 31 December 2016

A Walk in the Woods
Christmastime in Vienna

It had snowed through the night,
Vienna awoke to a winter wonderland

Snow turned to heavy rain
before noon, White Christmas melting away

Nonetheless, an intrepid friend and I
decided to brave the rain,
and have lunch in the woods anyway

We walked through the woods
of the Lainzer Game Reserve,
to Empress Elisabeth's Hermes Villa
and enjoyed our feast

By feast's end, my intrepid friend and I
turned into meek mice, fearful of rain,
but were saved by a restaurant elf -
who gave us a ride, all the way back to our car

Photographed 23 December 2012
Lainz Game Reserve and Restaurant at Hermes Villa
Lainzer Tiergarten
13th District (Hietzing)

Images and Text © Merisi
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20 comments:

  1. Icy BC09 December, 2013

    These are just beautiful and like a winter wonderland!

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  2. Kate09 December, 2013

    It always is a lovely, enjoyable winter wonderland until the sleet and ice arrive. Taking a break with a friend is always a good idea. Your photos depict the area and weather very well.

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  3. Milandailyphoto.com09 December, 2013

    a true christmas atmosphere

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  4. Charles Gramlich09 December, 2013

    I'm reading a book about a hard winter right now. I can use a couple of these pics for the visuals. :)

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  5. Gail Dixon09 December, 2013

    Beautiful and magical!

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  6. Martin09 December, 2013

    Lovely photographs, but my favourite is the first one.

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  7. Mary Howell Cromer09 December, 2013

    What a lovely spot for a feast and how very kind of one to give you and your friend a ride back to your car...now that is what I call thoughtful with class~

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  8. LOLfromPasa09 December, 2013

    How beautiful....I am anxiously awaiting for snow here but we are getting warm temperatures at the moments. Odd. Your photos are marvellous.

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  9. LONDONLULU09 December, 2013

    So pretty with the snow, and love that warming feast after. The perfect walk!

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  10. Tales of Whimsy09 December, 2013

    Wow. These images are dreamy. Especially the first one.

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  11. Loree09 December, 2013

    It's beautiful. Truly a winter wonderland.

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  12. William Kendall10 December, 2013

    Beautiful shots!

    Here we can count on the snow to stay around...

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  13. Merisi10 December, 2013

    Thank you all very much for your kind comments, I so enjoy reading them, see you coming! :-)

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  14. Daryl10 December, 2013

    so much prettier than the snow we are getting right now .. sigh

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  15. photowannabe31 December, 2016

    Oh how I would love to walk in that magical wood and finish it off with dinner with a best friend.

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  16. Amelia & Mihai-Stefan CHIRCA01 January, 2017

    A happy New Year, Merisi!

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  17. Allison01 January, 2017

    Happy New Year, Merisi!!! Wishing you much happiness and prosperity in 2017.

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  18. Allison01 January, 2017

    Happy New Year, Merisi!!! Wishing you much happiness and prosperity in 2017.

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  19. Marcheline01 January, 2017

    HAPPY NEW YEAR MERISI!!!!

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  20. Loree02 January, 2017

    Your photos remind me of Robert Frost's poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Really lovely images.

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