Monday, October 31, 2022

Vienna Out-Takes, 3

Not many masks on the streets nor in the stores;
but virtually universal on public transit

One more view of the Uniqa building, Vienna's Waltzing House

In a relatively compact historic district like Vienna's inner city, we
walk most of the distances involved, mostly to see things, but also
to get our 10,000+ steps most every day; at our age, however, walking
so much requires resting sooner or later, mostly sooner, and thus our
expertise in finding comfortable benches; this day, walking completely
across town from the Belvedere to our apartment, we somehow managed 
to miss several parks and their abundant benches, but, finally, on a lonely
street in a somewhat downwardly mobile neighborhood, we spot a nice
bench at the attractively landscaped entrance to an apartment building;
relaxing there, I look up from my phone and notice a scantily-clad young
woman blowing me kisses from a 2nd story window; interesting; it
finally occurs to me to look up "laufhaus" on Google Translate; some
sort of Comedy Club thing, I wonder; but no, it translates
straightforwardly to "whore house"; some workers arrive, one a 48Z,
Vicki says, and before things get more complicated, we decide to look
for another bench  

Vienna State Opera, one of the largest and greatest; I did the tour
in 2010--best opera house tour ever--and didn't want to disturb my
good memories

Usually you see bicycles locked to gratings and fences; someone's
soap box?

Branch office

Antique clock repair

Puppet doctor

Presto!

Dirty, disgusting, filthy, lice-ridden birds...

Outside the Albertina, Durer's Hare adorns a hot dog stand

The Albertina's great prize, and a great one indeed

Sic transit, Gloria

What happens when you eat too many greens

Clark Kent in pink pants with matching pink phone

"Here I come to save the day!"

Ornaments in a pastry shop

Loos' loos

Public toilets designed by a young Adolf Loos

The urinals are free...less is not more

Last seen in Berlin

































































































































































































The giant sofa at the MAK

Of course we took pix

And clowned around


1 comment:

Tawana said...

My favorites are the Laufhaus and the giant sofa. The sofa reminded me of Edith Ann's (Lily Tomlin) rocking chair on Laugh In.