Vienna Out-Takes, 2

 More incidents, curiosities...

Interesting variety of pedestrian traffic signals

Most of the public sculpture is of the Empire, neo-classical, statues
and monuments; but there is occasional contemporary stuff

Vienna River, its walls much tagged

Not your usual imbecilic tagging though: here's a political/economic
statement...the state printing money

Here, obviously, someone is working on a Klimt

Vicki and I are park bench connoisseurs--it comes with age--and
we have sampled park benches all over the world--and no place
compares with Vienna's park benches' quality and quantity...this
line goes on as far as the eye can see, and it's just one lane in a huge
city park

Great promise, died way young

The Waltz King

Extremely rare dorsal view of the Waltz King

The "can't miss" toilet (in a park public toilet)
the bowl is nearly 3 feet across; the seat is suspended
way above the bowl, but descends into place at the
flick of a switch; designed by a female?

At one of the Wagner subway stations...the subway cops are
waiting to nab any riders who can't produce a valid ticket--such 
as the couple on the right

At one of the waltzing venues

St. Charles church, over the top Baroque we did on a previous
visit 

Including this abomination

Apparently the only piece of music you have to know in order
to be a professional musician in Europe...Vivaldi's Four Seasons,
played in at least 10 venues nightly in every European capital;
no exaggeration

Just as I was snarking on this, we come upon this sad reminder
that Vivaldi ended his days in Vienna, last month's flavor, apparently,
dying a pauper

Vienna's answer to the Portsmouth Sinfonia?