It means something to me....

Vienna!
(Very ...And now even more..belated post and the photos and memories are now tangled so please excuse )
We Decided to have little break in June and chose Vienna.
I’d always wanted to go and it didn’t disappoint.
We set of on Sunday afternoon from Chorley railway station, and arrived around midnight from Gumpendorfer Strasse underground station and a shortish walk to our apartment. We stood on the steps of the station discussing which way to go, when a young couple broke off snogging to ask if we needed help! How sweet.
It’s not the most beautiful area of Vienna but it was very convenient for the tube to all the other bits. We bought a 72 hour ticket and we got our money’s worth.

We were only asked for it once and I thought the woman was trying to sell me something and waved her away! Oops.
The three days we spent there were full...we walked a long way and it was 30 degrees so quite tiring.
But so worth it.
We set off on the first day walking down aforementioned Strasse towards the more elegant part of town, with glimpses of domed turrets ahead.

Little shops with antique sewing equipment seemed to be everywhere. Dressmakers I suppose. 

We passed a spectacular climbing wall with and Aquatic Zoo above it. 

Then we caught a train and stopped to look at the beautiful Otto Wagner buildings, with beautifully decorated facades in different styles. 

We had lunch in the Market where there was abundant choice of cafes.

Now the detail will vanish as I’m finally finishing this on New Years Eve. 

We ‘did’ Vienna, seeing many things and missing a few others.  Our feet were strapped up with plasters and I took painkillers to help me through! 

We saw many artworks , assorted pics, of Scheile and Klimt.

The Secession Building with the Beethoven Freize

I must admit The Kiss was a bit disappointing. 

We visited Cathedrals and Palaces and churches. 

The view from the top of the Cathedral. 

And we ate in some lovely Viennese cafes and Restaurants

Schwarze Kameel , Beautiful sandwiches.
I also discovered the ‘Hugo’
Prosecco, mint and elderflower.



Apple Strudel at Cafe Sperl.

 Other places we ate were Silberwurt Cafe A lovely garden with a lively atmosphere in the Margherita Schloss area.

This one was a long walk but worth it. Gala is Beisl. Super schnitzel!
Well you have to. 

 The very best part of the whole trip was on our final night when we took a tram for a long journey to Mauer, where we ate in a beautiful Vinyard restaurant called Zahel. 

It couldn’t have been more Austrian...the waitress in full dirndl outfit , trainers and a tattoo. 

We enjoyed a three tier savoury meal and some very inexpensive wine. A perfect end to our trip. 

Zahel Vinyard

Mauer

Lovely waitress. 

The interior with huge tiled stove. 

Three tier savouries

The old wine press

We didn’t see the Danube ! 

Next time. 

Old folks on tour. 

Beautiful florists

Otto Wagner underground station

Lovely building

Inside the underground. 

A Long Time...

Well I'm flummoxed and a little sad. Technology has moved on and Blogger is slowly fading away. As I opened this up to write a new post I had a complicated message which seemed to boil down to the fact that google and blogger are no longer connected and I won't see comments any more.

This all quite depressing as I see the day when blogger will disappear and I'll lose all my posts which I view as my journal of the last 10+ years.

If anyone knows how I can avoid this I'd like to know but of course if your comments aren't showing how do I see them. Please try anyway.

Well..I've been away a very long time..end of Summer was my last post! Then I had a bad cold and then at the end of October my 91 year old Mum fell and broke her humerus and had to come and stay with me for 7 weeks as it turned out. Then it was the Christmas rush so I'm afraid my blog took a back seat.

I'm back now and we've just got back from out 10th visit to County Clare so my photos will be somewhat similar to those you've seen before! Here goes then..

Ive read some good books..

My Mum had her 91st

 then broke her shoulder.

 Christmas came and went

I dyed some yummy velvet and got going again with brooches. 

I started a busy busy piece.

 Found some extremely large and teeny shells on a beach in Ireland

 came home again.

 made a yummy choccy cake for my son's GFs birthday today.

And guess who ate the leftover decorations?

You're correct.

Please comment if you can then I know how its all working.