Things are Looking Up - Vienna's Architectural Details - Dominique Hurley

When was the last time you took a walk and only looked above ground level? It’s amazing what you can see above the storefronts of most cities – but especially here in Vienna. I had noticed many of these architectural delights before, but certainly not all of them. Wow! Every day I notice new things, and since I often vary my route to school, the surprises are endless, even after 5.5 months here. Plus looking up is a nice change from the endless streams of dog urine on the sidewalks that can’t be helped in a district without grass…

Wednesday’s route went along Burgasse all the way to the historic core, past the Volkstheatre, the back of the Natural History Museum, and through the Imperial Palace grounds to my school in the Palais Palffy. It normally takes about 35-40 minutes, but today it took a little more than an hour. I could have spent a whole day around the palace, but had to rush and got to school as the 10 o’clock bells were ringing. Trust me when I say that this is just a sampling… (one that filled up my free media storage space on this blog – I do like to share!).

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