Corner view Vienna: Collecting books

This week's corner view theme is collections. Well, I am not a collector, but I love books and I used to have a lot of them. Then I started to travel and live in different countries. After my books had crossed the Atlantic a couple of times, I stored them in boxes. When I moved to Spain some years ago, I gave away most of them.

However, I am slowly developing a collection of books again in my home in Málaga. There are great bookshops here in Vienna and everytime I go home, I bring back books :)

The photo above is from last month when I visited the bookshop in Kunstforum with my daughter. She is hiding behind the bookshelves.

If you want to see more collections around the world, visit Jane's blog, Spain Daily.

By the river

Weekend is over ... Saturday spent by the Danube. We had a dinghy sailing lesson. It was great fun, and a little scary as there was a lot of wind until rain started. These small boats can move really fast :)

Rest of the weekend was indoor time ... dark, rainy and windy. Maybe thats why I felt like trying out black and white photos.

Have a great week.

A beautiful park

Not far from the centre of Vienna you find this 354.000 sq m park, Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark, which is so beautiful right now with its blooming azaleas, a.o.

I took these photos some days ago when it was nice and sunny, which it is not right now. It's pouring down and grey. Hopefully the sun will come out again soon.

Have a lovely weekend no matter how the weather is going to be :)

Corner view Vienna: one cute statue

This week's corner view theme is statues and fountains. I have decided to show you this cute little elephant standing in front of the Museum of Natural History (Naturhistorisches Museum) in Vienna. I havn't been inside the museum yet, but one rainy afternoon I will go. Among the attractions are the 5.000 year-old figure of Venus von Willendorf and a skeleton of the giant dinosaur Diplodocus or a head of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

For more statues and/or fountains around the world, go to Jane's Spain Daily.

Images from Sta. Cruz

24 hours in Sta. Cruz de Tenerife gave me the impression of a charming mixture of an old, new and colorful city.

Back in Vienna

I'm back from a wonderful sailing holiday. We started out from Las Palmas de G. Canaria to Santa Cruz de Tenerife and then San Sebastian de la Gomera. We only stayed about 24 hours in la Gomera, which I had looked forward to exploring, but the weather forecast was indicating that it was better idea to head back to Las Palmas again where we spent some windy days relaxing.

A little break

Gone sailing. See you again in a couple of weeks :)