03 October, 2008

Just letting time pass

Where am I?
A couple of weeks ago right here in the oldest coffeè house in Vienna.
Cafe´ Frauenhuber, Himmelfortgasse 6, Wien 1. No other restaurant in the world can boast of itself to have treated its guests to musical entertainment by Mozart and Beethoven, as occurred in November of 1788, when Mozart performed a pastorale by Handel, and on April 6th, 1797, when Beethoven performed his" Quintett for Fortepiano with four Horns".
Mozarts last public appearance as a pianist took place here , on March 4th , 1791.
A Caffeé so cosy and intimate that hours can pass. Drinking hot, spiced redwine or a simple Austrian meal with Austrian redwine after hours of walking through the center of Vienna.

Or a Baylis coffeé with hot milk at Testa Rosa. Suits us fine since bending your head backwards all he time just to have a look at all the gargoils, fine windows and buildings itself.
In one back street we found the
Schoko Laden Werkstatt ( chocolate factory)-
1010 Wien, Ballgasse 4


Seduced by the wonderful smell of luxury chocolate of all kinds

A little display of the many kinds of chocolate: milk, dark, white.
With nuts, coffeé beans, flowers , fruits and alcoholic mixtures.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Need I say more? moooooooms!!! it was good.
The lady behind the counter was as helpfull as you could wish for and handed out a little teaser.. .......... a little dark piece filled wiht whisky.

Some of the stuff I brought home.
The kids enjoyed it very much.


Haas und Haas had all kinds of teas as well as fig jam, Irish whiskey kandis, Coffeé kandis, honey with old Jamaika rum & ginger!!!
The tea selection was big- What I bought was Hot Chai, blue berry tea, cactus fig tea and in the Shonbichler theehandlund I bought their Rooibos African glow with apricots.
My kitchen smells so lovely of all the aromas from each tea. mmmmmmmmmm agian.


A week ago : Copenhagen

Sommerfuglen /The Butterfly a yarnstore in cetral Copenhagen. Bought a pattern for a baby dress designed by Marianne Isager, some Isager yarn, some Rowan tweed,. Lates # of Rowan and Rebecca.
Kongensnytorv near Nyhavn. An open place with water fountain, benches to sit on, surrounded by beatiful buildings, the main street and spectacular colors and flee markets.
The sun made the leaf twinkle and sparkle.
What a great day.

St. Nicolaj Church. Just one of the many spires and towers in Copenhagen.


Finally famous old harbor in Copenhagen, Nyhavn .
So nice, sunny as a late summer day can be we stralled up and down the streets.
sat for a nice & cool drink and talked. Lots of talking.
So wonderful to be talking to someone who inspires you and gives back tons of energy.
I had the best time. And the weather showed itself from the best side. Indian summer isn´t that what it´s called?
Famous buildings at Nyhavn. The Hotel was at the end of the Nyhavn.

2 comments:

pompa said...

U have got the most unbelievable
blue eyes, I have ever seen.

You're eyes,
blue
blue as the ocean

cathy said...

Thanks for the glimpses of beautiful Copenhagen -- a place I've always wanted to go someday!