Friday, September 29; a day in Vienna

The double-headed eagle of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Fewer words than usual; a bunch of photographs. Some highlights from our first day exploring Vienna as pedestrians.

In which we (1) visit Naschmarkt, a fabulous street market; and (2) explore the area around St. Stephen’s Cathedral, during which a book might be bought at Shakespeare & Co, Vienna.

Naschmarkt

No sign of Anna Karenina, or War and Peace

The area around St Stephan’s Cathedral

A group about to tour Vienna’s sewers (in search of Harry Lime)

Our café

Sacher torte

The Holy Spirit drugstore

Watch out for trams

Mozart…

…he’s everywhere!

Warming: too many pastries can clog arteries

At Shakespeare & Co, Vienna

My purchase (I went with the Penguin edition)

A defunct movie theatre with great lettering (first opened its doors in 1912)

Statue of Johannes Gutenberg (and the Wustenwrot Building)

Memento mori