color me pretty

Ephemeral paintings with light on centuries old walls.

St. Stephan's Cathedral, Vienna. More photos on my Facebook page.
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fast forward/ángeles en la farmacia

How far away is the Christmas already?! Fast forward lives...

sweet holidays

Holidays in Vienna :).

Merry Christmas!

Viennese fairy-tale

The Christkindlmarkt in front of the Viennese City-Hall.

Advent, Advent

Bright lights, delightful smells, nice music, children, laughter. We also had snow, but a warm storm melted it away in just few hours. 

 Most wanted? Punsch and Glühwein, of course! Second place come the Maroni - roasted chestnuts.

The shopping rush? The stress (madness?) before Christmas? Not with us, thank you.

Viennese Adventzauber

It's again that time of the year, when everything glitters and sparkles... and yes, smells so good - the Punsch, the pretzels, the sweets. But for today just one of the many beautiful Christmas tree decorations.

the Bucharest Christmas tree

I have no idea if I prefer a natural Christmas tree, or an artificial one. Slightly ecologist, I go for the artificial one, provided that they will re- use it last year. Hm, that I mentioned the word re- used, some people argue that they saw this year's Bucharest Christmas tree last year in Lisbon... Quintarantino, any clue?

So much controversy for this tree... Some people argue it was too expensive. Also some say it is the tallest in Europe with its 76m, but some others argue it is few meters shorter...
Truth is that when its lights were turned on for the first time on the 1st of December, a huge crowd gathered: more than 100,000 people wanted to see the wonder. Resulting from this, huge chaos, traffic was blocked, not even the subway could swallow the tree-gazers, round 50 kids were lost in the crowd (lost and found later :) )... Na ja, what can I say? I am glad I wasn't there :).

Have a great week everybody!
PS: The area where the tree is, is called Union Square (Piata Unirii). And aparently there was a whole bunch of policemen out in the streets that night (check out the previous post too :) )

Bucharest snapshots

Today starts a series of photos from Bucharest. Last night I rambled around the city center, bumping into old friends I haven't seen in a year (it's a small world after all...). The quality of the photos is not great, but I hope it gives you the feeling of the Bucharest winter. These pictures are from University Square, where, in front of the National Theatre they strated last night the "I believe in Santa Claus" fair (bringing together actors, singers, and retailers :) ).
This is the small tree of Bucharest. The big one will be shown tomorrow (with details about the scandal... oh, my...)
Huge traffic, policeman on duty.

It was just the first night, so the goodie-houses are still closed.

Happy Sunday everybody!

Srecan Bozic!

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

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Dear fellow Bloggers, I wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas, full of light and joy!
And my counting backwards till Wien is now sooooooo nice: only five days left...