Kunsthalle Wien

One of my favourite places in Vienna: Museums Quartier. Just the palce to be. That day I spent 4 to 5 h in a museum.

duckies

Ducks in Stadtpark. Lovely and funny.

I am off for the birds paradise today, that is the Danube Delta (in Romania). Looking forward for the scenery and pictures.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

where's the Fiaker?

This one was taken next to one of my favourite places in Wien: the Manner shop :). And probably the Fiaker went to buy some Schnitten... http://www.manner.at/

Wien

Stadtpark, early morning.

Naschmarkt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naschmarkt

Staatsoper

for only 2 euros you can get a steheplatz at the gallery. just great! we saw Simon Boccanegra (Verdi). great performance!

only during the performance :).

Ostern im Prater

Prater is a must see.

Love these giant wheels. I won't get on, thou...

Amazing! There are people who are so brave (not to say crazy)...

Romanian glass art in Wien

Romanian artist Ioan Nemtoi comes to Vienna. Go see his intricate glass shapes if you have the chance.

the other face of Wien

for me this was trully the other face of Wien: modern, glass&steel, cold, clean-cut Wien. cannot but love it!

laziness

It was a really nice day for relaxation.

Schoenbrunner Tiergarten

The Zoo at Schoenbrunn. I usually don't like zoos, but this one was really wonderful!

jobbing

on the 5th of April these many people were unhappy with their job in Austria. I wonder how many in Romania or Serbia... (To be seen in U - Bahn station Karlsplatz, Secession exit).

Easter at Schoenbrunn

Still the third day of Easter for us, so I thought to give you a glimpse of what pictures I've gathered in my trip to Vienna. So here we go: Easter market at Schloss Schoenbrunn. Great area for getting gifts or simply for enjoying the atmosphere.

Romano Drom

It's high time to humour Frau Novala and post a little something about the concert we attended in Wien. You can also read about Romano Drom here: http://sodazitron.blogger.de/20061230/.
So, it started kind of funny since one minute after we entered the room the band on the stage stopped playing. My friend was: "This must be the shortest concert I've ever attended! Sigh!". Anyways, we had a good laugh about that and waited - not really patiently - for the rest of the concert to start. Later we realized there was an opening act, some very Sarajevo music, as we dubbed it. Time enough not to pay too much attention - we were expecting Gipsy music, so I guess our stomachs/ears were not in the mood for anything else. When on the verge of getting upset, it started. At first everybody was a little bit shy, but up to the second song already, there were people dancing and jumping around.
This concert was indeed a model for the "beyond language communication", since the band talked to us in Romanes (or, as I stupidly called it, causing Frau Novala to smile, "Gipsy language"). One way or another, we completely understood everything. Their very faces, let alone the music, were talking. And the music... well, Frau Novala, back to your question: how can you describe music?! But one thing is certain: no need for translating the lirics, since the music took us from joy to sorrow, from love to lust to purity, from lonliness to the crowds. But I will stay with the joy, since it is a really long time since I've seen such sincere stage behaviour and uncanny "joie de vivre".
Danke sehr, Frau Novala, for making this possible!

more art

art...

delight.
although I would like to say something about Picasso... but that would mean outraging the entire world :).
otherwise, I had real art-therapy in Wien: MUMOK (GO SEE ERWIN WURM!), Albertina, Belvedere... and many others I missed due to the lack of time.

Srecan Bozic!

Merry Christmas for everybody celebrating it today (me included :) )!
This Christmas tree was in front of the Rathaus.