Heurigen Maly, Grinzing
Rendez-vous with Christina and Trude, and also surprisingly Fritz and Mirjam who come from their airport hotel. F&M flying off the next day to Spain. Much Sturm und Lachen, what to expect from such a crowd? Earlier I go for…
Friesach fright
Well not quite, thanks to the checkups of Dr Primarius Felix and the cheery staff of the Deutsche Ordnungs Krankenhaus. With Christina we trained down on Monday afternoon, spent the night at the Geake’s lake house, then set off very…
Weinwandern 2022
The annual wine hike takes place over a weekend in September. We started one of the 4 routes at Grinzing around 1230, and finally left at 4pm after sampling various new brews. The last heurigens had the best views.
Red Vienna
On Thursday off we head off to an exhibition on better housing in Waschsalon 2 of the infamous Karl Marx Hof at Heiligenstadt. All in German but still interesting.
Charity run
On Sunday I took part in the Charity Run at Türkenschanz park. 5 loops were enough! Photos were heavily censored as the couple Mungo took of me running suggested I was dying. The best part were the green sunglasses in…
Haus der Musik
Off into the high city by bus and tram for a free visit to this Haus. Very entertaining.
Cafe Savoy
We remember this charming cafe and make a special pilgrimage despite intermittent rain. Truly a jewel. The 2 statues with lights once graced Nureyev’s bed posts, the mirrors are the largest in Europe. The coffee is pretty good too.
Freud Museum
Back in Vienna since Saturday, we venture out on Wed to this museum at Berggasse 19. Very interesting, thankfully small. There is also a fascinating exhibition there of surreal art, including works by Dali, Ernst, Magritte, de Chirico, Picasso.
Flâneur Vienna
Delicious pizzas at Scarabocchio on Thursday followed by a walk alongside Parliament to catch a tram home; odd contemporary art at Belvedere 22 and a bike ride to Wieninger am Nußdorf on Friday. Türkenschanz on Saturday, Augustinerkirche on Sunday with…