Hi Everyone!
Sorry that I haven’t been
keeping up with this column since basically Spain. There are a lot of things
going on in my life and unfortunately, something had to give and it was the
Monday/Tuesday columns of my blog. I did post one for January 25th,
so don’t forget to comment on that one as I will be giving away that $25 Amazon
gift certificate tomorrow or Wednesday as I want to give people some time to
comment.
As some of you may know, this
column will soon be turning into a reflection on my time here in Austria as
opposed to first-hand knowledge. I’ll be moving permanently back to the US on
March 6. But we’ll be doing some vacation first in the east then travel across
country to visit aging relatives and to see the country we’ve been away from.
But we still have a few weeks
in Austria and I need to give you a few more columns regarding my time here…so
here goes!
All I can say is, poor trees
and other vegetation. This is not normal for here and since the trees didn’t
shed their leaves until late October, I’m sure they are not happy at all. Last
week, it was going between hot and cold. This week it has been nothing but
warm. Like in the 40s-50s and 60s. Today was a scorcher at 65 degrees. No coat
necessary here.
Frankly, from what I’ve been
hearing, it’s been warmer here than at home. Matter of fact, it snowed there
today. So much so that all the mountains around the Vegas area had snow on
them. Imagine that. They’ve had lots of snow there during my time here in
Austria.
I realize that I didn’t show
you much from December this year and all the pictures today are from then. In
front of the Rathuas this year, one of the trees was colored red-white-blue in
honor of France once again. We are still feeling the terrible effects of
horrible day now. Another bunch shows something very interesting that happened to
us while we were at the Karlskirche Adventmarkt one day. It seems they were
celebrating Carnival or something as a lot of the Buskers came out to show us
their stuff. Last shows the Christkindlemarkt at Schonbrunn Palace. Sorry about the quality but I was taking them as fast as I could.
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| Salute to France |
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| Looking toward Rathaus from the corner |
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| The beginning of the Busker Parade |
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| The Busker Parade |
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| The Buskers move on |
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| Christkindlemarkt at Schonbrunn |
Hope you enjoyed this little
look into Austria and beyond. See you all next week!
Lynn
those are lovely pics, I want to go to London and Greece
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