30 Okt 08
It was sunny today, earlier the sky was a plain and beautiful blue, though the sun was shining the wind was cold and strong. Later in the afternoon, the clouds formed into clusters like twisters....it's scary to think about twisters in this city!
29 Oct 08
5 Feb 08
Red is a prolific color in this city. Everyday, I see red on buses and trams, of the old and new models.
The man in chains on the first photo has always been puzzling to me...What do you make of it?
Below, I think I featured this one before, the face of the newer trams which is more convenient to older people and for moms who have smaller kids (strollers).
8 May 04
sometime in Oct 2002
When I arrived in Vienna, the surrounding buildings of the Vienna International Centre was partly being constructed. Today, plans of expansion and modernization are being realized by the city engineers. Housing as well as commercial spaces have been erected along with the offices and other convention centers in the area.
The VIC, designed by Austrian architect Johann Staber, was built between 1973 and 1979 just north of the river Danube.
About 5,000 people work at the VIC, which also offers catering, banking, postal and shopping facilities. Larger conferences can be accommodated in the neighbouring Austria Center Vienna, a conference and exhibition centre with a capacity of 6,000.
A major UN site along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, the VIC hosts several organizations::
1. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
2. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
3. United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
4. Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
5. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
6. Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
24 July 2008
8 Oct 08
Again, the last blooming flower in a planted hibiscus near our place. This photo was taken the same day as was last week's post, again with ma phone camera. But since autumn came I saw the city gardener's have planted cauliflower like plants, my favorite during autumn, in the flowerbeds. I'd surely post them next week and will not be using my phone camera ;-)
Have a nice week!!!
23 Oct 08
Within 10 seconds difference, same exposure, a slight movement to the right...How much difference did it make?
Of course, you have seen so much of these shots from my balcony but do compare if there ever was a time that they are the same. Please click here.
(A scene from the intersection near our home.)
Taken today, it seems I have to rely on my phone nowadays because I forget to bring the camera along.
Could you perhaps guess the time (no pun intended) these photos were taken?8 Aug 07 (at the Philippine Embassy lobby)
My photography evolves around 2 favorite subjects, a smaller world---my kids!
The bigger one would be scenes, places, interesting stuff or the people in Vienna...for 250 days now I've shown a little of the city almost everyday. Please enjoy the scenes from this part of the globe. Photos taken as early as 2002, until now.
13 Aug 2007 (at Kärtnerstrasse, the city center)
Vienna, some notable keywords about Vienna
- capital of Austria.
-divided into 23 districts
-Strauss, Mozart, Klimt, Hundertwasser
-Sacher torte
-Danube
-sausage? =D
A first entry for the My World meme. See more of the world or join...click here.
08 Oct 08 (Sony Ericsson k7701)
(it was hard to focus using a phone camera...=( sorry)
It does seem I have less flowers to photograph and post now. This is one of the last yellow flowers of this plant with white leaves that looks immaculate.
A little over a year ago I was able to photograph the same kind of plant with a bonus bee.
Have a fun week!
02 Oct 08
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7 Oct 08
The sky has finally fallen. lol. (Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh Stories)
Happy weekend!
11 October 08, 7:48 A.M.
I don't have posts of dramatic sunrise today because the for has been covering everything from dawn until noon...surprisingly it does get warmer later on....a real headache to me! =D
Below, is that the sun or the moon? You guess!
10 October 08, 7:51 A.M.
14 Oct 08 (phone camera)
At the heart of Vienna, there are lots of streets that tourists rarely walk into because all the prominent shops are located in a one way shopping street, Kärtnerstrasse. This shop is located at Himmelpfortgasse, a quite street whose buildings have unassuming exteriors but rents cost 4 figures up ;-)
Taken today with a phone camera (again) sorry, since hubby always brings the camera and I am too lazy to bring the other one =D
Anyway, fog is abundant early in the morning. All the more should travellers and pedestrian need to be careful when on the road. Especially if the pedestrian traffic lights turn green for only 3 seconds!
True, it has been a perennial problem every morning when bringing daughter to school...I always forget to list down things that needs to be noticed...street and transportation wise. We travel either by bus or tram to daughter's school, though both options have their own drawbacks.
1. Wir haben keine große(riesig) Schritte, dass wir die Straße in 3 Sekunden durchlaufen können.
-Yes, we do not have that big steps that could make us cross the street in 3 seconds...I have been shouted once because I crossed the street when the sign was still red...I did cross since I was watching the green light for the cars blink, naturally when it turns red, I can cross. The problem is, I have my daughter with me, its a bad example...but if I don't go hurriedly, the 3 seconds would be up for crossing. I once read that this will be fixed because it is most difficult for older people to hurry up going from one side of the street to the other...I wonder what happened...
2. Soll die Schultaschen auch sitzen? Should the bags seat too?
-There are kids who put their bag (both at the tram and in the buses) beside them occupying a whole seat. It is annoying to see especially when other kids stay standing up because the seats are full.
3. Aussteigen dann einsteigen. Let those hopping down, go out first before you go in. This is a rule that kindergarten kids are taught of...observed by many, save for a few hard-headed teeners. There are special areas in all public transport vehicle alloted for the handicapped and for strollers. This area is also the spot where schoolkids would stay standing up. So if you have a stroller and needs to hop down the bus, you should tell the kids to let you through...some would be nice enough to get down the bus...but some could be stubborn and would not budge...if the other passengers board also, you're stucked!
4. Lass die neuen wagen oft zu fahren. Let the new trams out often. Without exaggeration, it often happened that I was waiting for the lowered trams for more than a half hour... =( I do not like waiting in the cold too....I could use the older trams too right? Yes, if I am alone, but since I always have a stroller, it would be difficult to take it up!
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10 Oct 08
I was thinking I might not be able to post flower photos for now since most of them have withered for the season. Glad that I still was able to see some flowers by the roadside. Most of them are the last blossoms actually but this small rosebushes bloom abundantly and in 'bouquets.'
They surely are a joy to look at.
Have a nice time enjoying the flowers.
8 Oct 2008
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."
- John Ruskin
6 Oct 08
I brought daughter to the school that day and I was really amazed how blue the sky was, I only had my phone camera then but I am still happy how this is. I turned around and saw this...the sun shining brightly!
Btw, the previous post is also a sky photo that is 6 years old already! =)
Ps. Photo Cache, Layrayski, I still am impressed of how Vienna is, and as I came here in Autumn, I always loved the smell of leaves and the sight of them falling on the ground...
October 2002
I came to Vienna on October 14 2002. It was like today, autumn, and the smell of dried leaves and the color of the season were most distinguished.
Hubby took daughter and I around the city and with our old olympus c100 took shots like tourists...now 6 years later, here they are.
6 Okt 08
Today's early sky was particularly blue and cloudy...
The trees beautifully changing all its colors...
2 April 05
This photo has been featured here twice already, but not for I Spy, so today I'm posting it again, I spy on the couple at the Danube River.
Below, hubby spied on another couple at a beach in Italy...=D
7 Aug 08
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