Monday, August 30, 2010

Still More Vienna, 3

We had a good stay at Camping Wien; very helpful staff; 
out near the Wienerwald (aka Weenie World)















The gist here, I think, is that it will cost you
36 euros if you don't pick up your doggie's
droppings




















Don't mind the gap: on selected Vienna subway cars, a little
ramp extends for baby carriages, wheeled luggage, etc.







Futbol fans; the Vienna Rapid plays in a stadium near our
subway station; costumery and paraphrenalia are similar
to American football fans








In the station by the opera is the Vienna Opera Toilets,
where, for 60 cents, you can answer Nature's call to the
strains of the Danube Waltz






Interior view











I spent too much of my youth and young adulthood reading
and puzzling over the writings of the Austrian philosopher
Ludwig Wittgenstein








And so had to see the Haus Wittgenstein at 18 Parkgasse;
after publishing the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in
1923 or so, and figuring, modestly, he had solved all the
problems of philosophy, Wittgenstein designed this
(Bau-) Haus for his sister (with the architect Paul
Engelmann); the Wittgensteins were incredibly wealthy
Austrian industrialists; that's another several stories...it's
now the home of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute;
sic transit, Gloria....








I'm (still) taking suggestions for a caption...





























































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