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December Theme Day: Looking Out

1.12.13
Vienna's high rises may not be as notable as Seattle's, New York's or San Francisco's but, its engineers had perhaps the best plans laid out for the city being convenient not just for motorists but for daily commuters as well. Hand in hand with its architects, Vienna's landscape...

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For When it's Supposedly Gray

26.11.13
-- Look up, don't be blue! -- Just conditioning myself actually for the gray days ahead. :) The Schönbrunn grounds ...

Where Everybody Goes

24.11.13
--Where actually?-- We each have different goals, different paths taken to go where we would want to. We have diverse ...

Yellow Ochre

22.11.13
--- The characteristic color of the Schönbrunn Palace. ---  Happy weekend! :) gelb: [ɡɛlp] - yellow Schönbrunn ...

Spazieren

20.11.13
 -- So gray. --- No amount of cold can stop tourists and locals from wandering around the Schönbrunn Palace and its ...

Sunny...not!

18.11.13
-- The view from up here. -- Foggy morning...like how it has been in recent memory. sonnig: /ˈzɔnɪç/ - sunny ...

Runway

16.11.13
-- Crunchy! ---  The Schönbrunn grounds is a favorite spot for runners, this path is where they'd be mostly seen even ...

Among Winged Creatures

14.11.13
  --The calm a placid body of water brings. --  - Spiegelbild (das): reflection Stadtpark 2013 1010 Vienna ...

Yellow

12.11.13
Yellow comes falling down my path.  Well, where trees are found. :D Stadpark 2013 1010 Vienna ... Continue ...

Autumn, Johann Strauss Memorial

10.11.13
Contrasting the bright summer landscape here (click), the memorial of Johann Strauss turns a bit cold this season ...

Autumn, Garden Clock

8.11.13
In time for the season (no pun intended), the Stadpark's garden clock shed off colorful petals and lush green leaves ...

Tram

6.11.13
Gloomy, thus,  the tram's red front stands out. Ringstrasse 2013 1010 Vienna ... Continue ...

Vienna International Centre and Austria Center Vienna

3.11.13
  ---Still from the Danube Tower--- The Danube tower's restaurant is a rotating one so diners get a 360-degree view of ...

November Theme Day: Heights

1.11.13
  As the sun begins to set.  Seen from the Danube Tower - the danube river and shadows cast upon Vienna's landscape ...

What the Fog?!

31.10.13
    Coincidentally, today's sunrise seems so spooky. Woke up to this thick fog. Time stamp: 7:00am, October 31 2013.   ...

Just look up

30.10.13
  Sometimes, when you feel things would get gloomy, the best thing to do is to just look up! Floridsdorf 2013 ...

The River on That Day

28.10.13
  --Was so blue--   ...Like Strauss' wrote Danube so blue, so bright and blue, through vale and field you flow so ...

Flowers in Spring, Leaves in Autumn

26.10.13
  --Change of clothes!-- Mother Nature totally shedding off its greens...putting on yellow, orange, red and brown in a ...

Free Gym

20.10.13
-- Get fit!-- Free exercise machines have been installed at the Wasserpark for those who want to stay fit without ...

For your Loved One

18.10.13
  --Some flowers to remember by when the gray comes.--      Planning to visit Vienna with your loved one? Here ...

It Starts to Fall

12.10.13
"From childhood" It's nature's time to shine. A bit late but just in case, here are the events this season around ...

Have a lovely weekend!

5.10.13
That flower shop... ...inside the underground. Happy weekend! ... Continue ...

Coffee and Tea Outside

4.10.13
 Mind not the weather  --- Weather drops to single digits around the city but that won't hinder  tea and coffee lovers ...

To the Neko Cafe

28.9.13
    Walking about the city could lead to unfamiliar and also surprising places. This street will take you the Neko ...

People watching, people shooting

24.8.13
On my way to buy a postcard... ...undoubtedly one of the things I unconsciously do is watch the people or crowd around ...

Summer Chairs

18.8.13
For your Froyo! Contrasting the gray and somewhat lonely atmosphere of rainy days - summer is so bunt (colorful)! - ...

That Corner Flower Shop

10.8.13
swoons... Walking about the city center...or detouring to some secret streets, you'll find........pretty corner flower ...

Pink

31.7.13
Pink! Summer, as how it's supposed to be. -Am Tuchlauben, 1010,  July 2013 ... Continue ...

A flooded Danube river

3.6.13
  --- Danube's water rose as seen in this photo in the aftermath of flooding in Passau, Germany. (photo taken June ...

Johann Strauss in Color

2.6.13
Well, he's been gold since long ago. But, this time of the year, the flowers make everything all the more colorful ...

Old City Charm

27.5.13
  --- Cobblestones. It's like discovering new places, unexpected corners when you walk on them. This particular street ...

City Bikes

26.5.13
  ---  Rent a bike and tour around Vienna for as little as 5 euro in 6 hours. The first hour is gratis and then you ...

The Colors of Spring

15.5.13
  --- I've been ranting so much at how spring came so late, well, it's finally here, time to go out and get some ...

Carry Your Childhood

12.5.13
"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." -Praterstern, May 2013 ... Continue ...

Ferris Wheel and Life

10.5.13
  Treat life like a ferris wheel ride...you must get past the fear to enjoy the view.  Praterstern, May 2013 ...

Sailing

9.5.13
--- We honestly can't tell when the sun would be happily shining again so we took time off to go boating with the kids ...

Went to Tokyo!

24.4.13
  --- Nope, if only Tokyo is that near! Photo taken at Setagaya Park, while the blossoms are starting. That ...

Sakura /Cherry Blossoms Finally

21.4.13
  --- We have waited long enough, I guess. Cherry blossoms are the sign of spring - so we finally got them albeit ...

Ankeruhr (Anchor Clock)

18.4.13
The Anker Clock is like a big music box at the house of Helvetia Insurance (formerly Anchor Insurance) at Hoher Markt ...

Akademie Theater @ Night

18.2.13
  --- It was almost 7 in the evening when we arrived, the play starts at about that time. :D My daughter performs as ...

Gone Wild

16.2.13
  --- Heuriger - Austrian wine-taverns, where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine.  But, there are also ...

Weekend Tea

15.2.13
---  "Tea is liquid wisdom." ~ dunno who said that but ditto. -- Happy weekend everyone! Snow is still not letting up ...

Day 10 - Frozen but not much

22.1.13
  --- In the past days I had planned on going down the lake and take photos but never got the chance....but, just did ...

Day 9 - Diamond Dust

21.1.13
  --- That's how I see them snow when the sun shines on them. ---   --- That's how I see them snow when the sun shines ...

Day 8 - Two days to Go

20.1.13
  --- Ten days almost up but still, we have more snow than the first few days.  --- ... Continue ...

Day 7 - Beauty

19.1.13
yellow --- "Isn't it beautiful?" I've taken a liking to this phrase "Suteki da ne?" The Japanese for the question ...

Day 6 - Snow Fun at Night

18.1.13
    --- Sometimes, I think it would have been better if we live nearer the city center, where the buildings are closer ...

Day 5 - Not Letting Up!

17.1.13
  ---  Thank goodness there are snow plowers! ---   ---  Thank goodness there are snow plowers! --- ... Continue ...

Day 4 - Branched

16.1.13
  --- This image brings memories of my dad sending me postcards! I miss him. --- ... Continue ...