Standing on Tiptoe Peering over the fence Walking towards the South Gate Upper Belvedere Palace South façade and reflecting pool Photographed 29 May 2012 3rd District Images and Text © by Merisi
Viennese Coffee Melange Viennese know how to brew a perfect cup of coffee with beans roasted south of the border Photographed at Restaurant Steirerstöckl in the 19th District of Vienna, at the edge o...
New Benchmark In the still of the morning Old Growth Trees Bambi underneath Click, dont shoot! Trees and Meadows Still Vienna, though Photographed at Pötzleinsdorfer Park 19th District Images and Tex...
Sweet Temptation from Down Under Australia meets Vienna: An expertly baked Pavlova meringue cake with a whipped cream and berries topping, served with a Großen Braunen, a double espresso with a shot ...
The time will come When, with elation, You will greet yourself arriving At your own door, in your own mirror, And each will smile at the others welcome, And say, sit here. Eat. You will love again th...
The Sphynx painted a warm ivory by the last rays of the Golden Hour. The suns slowly sinking below the rooflines the shadows are casting their blue light, when I spy a black dog hieing towards the so...
Shades of Pink Peonies at the Farmers Market Saturday Farmers Market Yppenplatz 16th District Image © by Merisi
Coffee & Peonies Early morning at the Farmers Market Photographed at La Salvia Saturday 5 June 2010 © by Merisi Repost
Peony Alpine Garden at the Belvedere The Alpine Garden of the Belvedere was created in 1803, at the suggestion of Archduke Johann. It was the first alpine garden and to this day thousands of alpine p...
I am the King Cupcakes rule! Cupcakes run the World! Everywhere I turn, cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes, and more cupcakes! And some people not only look, but eat them too! What is your favourite cupcak...
Early Bird beats the crowds St. Michaels Gate Hofburg Imperial Palace Michaelerplatz Photographed Sunday Morning 50mm lens Images and Text © by Merisi
A View of the Upper Belevere Palace from the Botanical Garden In late May, the garden shines in all shades of green imaginable, spring flowers give way to early summer blooms and the potting shed is ...
In the quiet of the morning a cup of coffee before watching the morning exercise of the Lipizzan horses Café in der Spanischen Hofreitschule The Spanish Riding School Café Visitor Center of the Spani...
Three Blind Mice Valentino Garavanis version, that is Two White Horses and a blue carriage Youd be scared too if youd almost come under a coach! Follow me? Not! Id rather watch a pastry fairy making ...
A Camel Hair Overcoat or a Livio de Marchi sculpture? A Viennese Mélange or an Italian Cappuccino? A Dream within a Dream or Café Orlando di Castello? A storefront or an all too clever diversionary t...
A rainy day on a lake accompanied by music good company and great food turns bright and cheerful even though rain falls unceasingly all the way up and down the lake and river shores Nonetheless, we r...
Lake Constance Try to imagine: grey sky, water the colour of lead, rain, rain, and more rain. What would you expect from a luncheon on a boat? Photographed on Lake Constance, Austria Saturday, 12 May...
Red and White Rose Rose Garden Volksgarten White Chocolate Mousse with raspberries Cafe Central Palais Ferstel Herrengasse Photographed Sunday 29 May 2011 © by Merisi Repost
A steeple a baroque church a quiet lane potted oleander Sit down order half a Belgian waffle with maple sirup and a sprinkle of wildflower dust sip a caffèlatte breathe * Photographed 5 August 2010 a...
After the Rain The day rose bright, with clear sky in the east, the sun busy burning off the morning fog hanging over the hills and mountains to the west Photographed this morning in Vorarlberg, in t...
Windswept Camomile Flower Vineyards National Park Neusiedler See Burgenland First published 2 May 2008
Coffee came last, the end note of a veritable feast. Ravioli tinged with sage, chocolate soufflé accompanied by vanilla and jewels of rhubarb and strawberry Photographed at Gasthaus Kreuz 6922 Wolfur...
Spring arrives late in the mountains of Damüls Almost mid-May, and there are still fields of snow left on the hills of the snowiest village in the world Soon, though, the last remnants of its 30 feet...
Salzburg View of the city from the train passing over the Salzach River 8 May 2012, 6:04 PM Images and Text © by Merisi
A quiet corner, minutes from busy Mariahilfer Strasse, an oasis of beautiful old buildings, shaded by the green canopy of trees and leafy vines climbing the walls Photographed in Mariahilf, Viennas 6...
Viennas awash in Lilacs this time of the year, lilacs in the shade, lilacs in the sun, looking up a church steeple, scent of lilac reaching the farthest corners Photographed in the 13th District Imag...
St. Stephens Cathedral as you first see it when walking from Mozarts apartment through the throughway of the building separating Domgasse and St. Stephens Square Johannes-Capistrano-Pulpit on the nor...
5:41AM Mozart, K 216 Allegro 6:34AM Mozart, K 467 Allegro 7:20AM Mozart, K 467 Allegro 7:23AM Mozart, K 488 Adagio 8:08AM Mozart, Magic Flute "In diesen heilgen Hallen" 8:09AM Mozart, Magic...
Church Steeple dressed in the spring finery of horse chestnut blossoms White Shades drawn against the glaring light Church Portal and façade are still in the shade, but sunlight from the east illumin...
White Church Steeple gleaming in the early morning sun Magna Mater Austriae greeting from the wall of an unassuming building Painter and Columns playing hide and seek with the mornings shadows Wooden...
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