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T46 Saturday summer stroll in Sievering

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The 2nd-half begins: on travel day 46, Euro day 45, Vienna day 12.

Sievering is a neighbourhood in northwest Vienna against the city’s foothills. A warm summer Saturday is ideal to move among the quiet residential streets, far from the marauding masses within the city centre. I found remnants of a 17th-century siege, evidence of Hedy Lamarr as a young woman growing up in Vienna, a sculpture dedicated to a goose, and a gravesite for a man who wrote one of the most unique themes for a landmark film.

*3 cannon balls at Sieveringer Straße 99, which gave the building here its name “Dreikugelhaus” (house with 3 cannon balls).*

*The inscription at the bottom of the centre ball states that a witness sighted cannon balls in the house in 1683 during the 2nd Ottoman Siege of Vienna.*

*Private residences at Sievering Straße 135. But the gate tells another story.*

The space used to be film studios for Sascha Film, and later, Wien Film. A teenaged Hedwig Kiesler dropped out of high school, joined the studio as a “script girl,” and soon joined on-set ensembles for minor film roles. She would become Hedy Lamarr after moving to L.A.

Memorial to Lilli the goose. Until 1970, streetcar route 39 went up Sievering Straße. Near this location a goose would park itself comfortably on the rail. The tram driver would stop, and attempt to nudge the goose away for the tram to go through. The memorial is symbolic representation of small-town idyll.

*Decent view across town to towers in the 22nd district, including the Donauturm and Donau-City Tower 1.*

*Karolina (“Lina”) Loos: 1882-1950, actress and journalist.*

Karas family, including Anton Karas who not only owned and operated a Vienna heuriger (wine tavern), but also was famous for composing the zither-instrument theme for the 1949 Carol Reed film “The Third Man.”

*The south perimeter of the cemetery nestles against the verdant vineyards on Hackenberg.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 22 Jun 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

T45 “Walk in line”

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Travel day 45, Euro day 44, Vienna day 11; it’s “half-time.”

Happy Solstice Day! Solstice marks the day where there is another period of 45 consecutive days of travel: still anticipating a bevy of tasty sights in the second-half.

I seem to be walking a ton. But how much?

Apple’s “Health” mobile app for iOS is useful in keeping track how much I walk every day. All accuracy aside, I’m okay if the app returns overestimates or underestimates by about 10 percent, because the numbers seem reasonable. For example, I’ve been out and about for 6 hours, and I see from the app I’ve walked about 10 km, which feels about right and fits with a rough measure with any online mapping tool. I’d have doubts, if I saw 1 km or 100 km. So, in all: iOS Health? Good enough.

45 days, thus far in 🇩🇪 and 🇦🇹.

Total walking distance: 417 km (259 mi).

Total number of steps: over 0.5-million.

Average total walk per day: 9.3 km (5.8 mi).

Average no. of steps per day: 13-thousand.

Average distance per step: 0.74 m (2.4 ft).

Average no. of steps for 1 km: about 1400.

Average no. of steps for 1 mi: about 2200.

*Former main synagogue in the 2nd district (Leopoldstadt), destroyed in the 1938 Pogrom and symbolized present-day by 4 columns at the proper heights.*

*Ugi’s at Karmelitermarkt in the 2.: Fritz-Limo Zitrone and a freshly-made chicken dürüm. Hot damn, this sure feels a lot like home.*

*Hanging out in the 2.: my apartment block, street, and neighbourhood for May-June 2023.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 21 Jun 2024. “Walk In Line” is a 1987 track from Canadian band 54-40. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

T44 Vienna’s Cottage Quarter

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I spend a few afternoon hours walking the streets of this neighbourhood, admiring the villas and mansions, and marveling over how architect and neighbourhood co-founder Heinrich Ferstel had intended the target audience to be mid- to upper-class families in the late 19th-century. It might be worthwhile to examine the “economic differences” between then and now. Alternatively, we can imagine how the lure of these quiet English-style spaces would surely have been tempting, as a means of escaping the hustle and bustle of the “inner city.”

*Physicist Ludwig Boltzmann and his family lived here from 1902 to 1906.*

*… where Felix Salten wrote “Bambi” in 1923.*

*Sternwarte Straße 53, where Vienna’s Cottage Association was formed.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 20 Jun 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

T43 Wien weekday lunch specials

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It’s true: eating out in Vienna is on the higher end of the scale, and many places offer weekday lunch specials or deals to “soften” the hit to the wallet. But flip-side, there are many bistros, taverns, and restaurants which provide examples of Viennese cuisine and hospitality. I’m highlighting two I’ve visited over the last two days:

• Rudi’s Beisl, as recommended by the Herknerin herself; my visit on 18 June.

• Kaffee Alt Wien, as recommended by Falstaff; my visit on 19 June.

Rudi’s Beisl

Located in the 5th district (Margareten) at Wiedner Hauptstrasse 88. I took bus 13A to stop Johann-Strauss-Gasse, but there’s also trams 1, 62, or Badener Bahn to stop Laurenzgasse.

*Blue and white interior, for a “light” and breezy” atmosphere.*

Outside on the street there’s a board listing this week’s specials, which complements the information on their website. It’s Tuesday (Dienstag), and I had their grilled pork with mushrooms over rice (Champignonschnitzel mit Reis).

*Warm day? A half-litre shandy to quaff.*

Their grilled pork with mushrooms over rice (Champignonschnitzel mit Reis) was delicious. I could’ve had another plate, but I (barely) have any limits or measure of self-control. No coffee or dessert, I had to get going.

Kaffee Alt Wien

Located in the 1st district (Innenstadt) at Bäckerstrasse 9. Nearest stations: U1/U4 Schwedenplatz; or U1/U3 Stephansplatz.

*“Come on in, we have food & drink.” The chalk board at left lists this week’s lunch specials, found also on their website. The board at right lists other savoury and sweet dishes on offer.*

*Front, right; towards my spot in the corner. I could simply grab a newspaper (which I did), and spent another 30 minutes reading post-meal. No English-language papers that I could see, however.*

This week’s lunch specials on their website: at least one meat-option and at least one vegetarian-option every day. For Wednesday (Mittwoch), I chose “Faschierte Laibchen” with no soup or salad to leave “enough space”.

*Their in-house “lemonades”, including this rhubarb-raspberry-vanilla with carbonated mineral water.*

*“Faschierte Laibchen mit Erdäpfelpüree”: fried mounds of ground-meat with gravy and creamy mashed potatoes. And yes, this is very Austrian, and I could’ve had another plate.*

But they’re also known for their “Apfelstrudel mit Schlagobers”. The phyllo pastry simply holds things together, but the real star is the apple chunks: fresh, tart, and a hint of cinnamon. The whipped cream adds creamy sweet lightness to the entire dessert. Y. U. M.

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 18 and 19 Jun 2024. I received no support from any external organization. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

T42 Hitzig in Hietzing

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Sunny and solidly in the low-30s C (mid- to upper-80s F) today, and there’s more heat on the way for Vienna tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’m in the city’s 13th district, also known as Hietzing. I’m either walking the streets among villas, mansions, bungalows, and 20th-century apartments; or in narrow paths among graves in another more modest cemetery.