Today my friend, Karin, took me around outside Vienna a bit. Quite a welcome change! I have mixed feelings about Vienna. She confirmed many of my initial energetic impressions about Vienna. She talked about Vienna as having a very strong dark energy, which is what I was feeling last week so strongly. She called it a 'black hole' and talked about how she has tried to leave several times because of it. But it can be a powerful place to work through one's own 'black holes,' and for that, it is quite evocative!
The technology here tends to suck a bit. Wi-fi is off and on, even when you have to pay for it. Things like that. It's hard to find my kinds of foods, impossible really. I'm having to resort to rice cakes and eggs, which are getting very old (taste-wise). I brought a bunch of Lara bars and some freeze-dried soups and noodles. Today I splurged and had breakfast out and it was full of butter and not very good. So much for Viennese cuisine. My friend, Karin, took me to a place for lunch and we had some interesting dishes, however. Salmon and a mushroom thing made with pumpkin seed oil! Interesting. But I think we have much better pastries, at least in what I've found so far.
Okay, enough, here are some photos of our outing:
My friend, Karin, a very lovely lady:
A view of Vienna from the hills:
A part of the restaurant, what used to be a small villa:
Then we went to an offshoot of the Danube River and sat in a lovely little restaurant by a marina full of sailboats:
A view of the hills we had visited from the marina:
Here is the Viennese UN. Very impressive:
One thing I LOVE about Vienna is all the small cars! Just my size (though my Yaris is much cuter):
So there you have it! A pleasant and beautiful day spent exploring a bit. This week I plan to check out some local gardens and other spots around town. More photos to come....
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