Hi Everyone!
Well…now
I can honestly say that I’ve lived in a place where the weather phenomena is
weird…this past week it snowed while a thunderstorm was going on. I had heard
of such things but had never been in a place that it happened. What’s even more strange to me is that it
happened twice. And here, I thought it was all ready for spring. Boy was I
wrong.
Most
of the time, I was inside because my writing schedule dictated that I be at my
desk, butt planted firmly in my chair. Still, that did not take away from the
beauty that I saw outside my window. Many of the days, the clouds started out
as big puff balls that morphed into the dark, nasty things that bring rain,
thunder and more.
Matter
of fact, there were a few times in the evening where I just stopped to watch
the clouds. Tornados are pretty much unheard of in these parts but that doesn’t
mean they won’t happen. With the clouds moving as fast as they were and the
unstable air conditions, it made me stop and look more than once. I was
thankful that even though the masses were swirling, none of them had that sick,
green color I’ve seen on tornado-spawning storms.
At
least now, I could look and see things in the late afternoon because we finally
switched our clocks forward. We do that a full three weeks after everyone in
the States and it causes more than some issues when I try to call people there.
So while the rest of the world is already spring forward, Europe waits for a
few weeks before catching up. Wonder who decided that one.
One
of the things I do love about this city happened yesterday. Some of you may not
realize that this is a country of churches. Another fact is that this place is
still deeply religious with most of the churches being Catholic. They are some
of the most beautiful places in the world because many of them are old and
ornate. Some are dark and make me wonder just what made the people stay within
their walls. I mean, who would want to be drowned in darkness every day? Not
me!
Yet,
there is one wonderful thing that happens on holidays. Especially, the religious
ones and since yesterday was Easter, it happened yet again. The bells ring for
a long period than on normal days. We were blessed with the sound as we did our
walks this weekend but more so on Sunday as the Christian faiths celebrate the
rising of Christ. I love the sound of this place when those bells ring. It’s
like nothing ever experienced before.
The
week has been hard on Pup Harry. During each of the thunderstorms, he retreated
to his kennel. I guess he figured it was better than being under the bed. It
got very dark and very loud for a few minutes during both of the storms. I’m
thankful he doesn’t have the same reaction to the bells though when he was
younger he certainly didn’t like them. Now that he’s grown, they don’t seem to
bother him at all.
This
week’s pictures are all of the churches around the city. The one at the top is
Stephansdom, one of the oldest churches in the city. It was built upon a
Knights Templar church. The second one is of Karlskirch and is right down the
block from us. The last one is of a Russian Orthodox church that I can see directly
outside my office window called St. Nicholas Cathedral.
Hope
you enjoyed this little look into Austria. See you all next week!
Lynn
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