hello mum,
last weeks were very busy, have made several excursions. beginning of december we visited the inner city of vienna and the stephansplatz with stephansdom and christmas market
the HAAS-house
was designed by star architect Hans Hollein. the building is in strong contrast to the historic buildings in the center of the old city
window dressing of the famous cafe sacher
sachertorte (a specific type of chocolate cake, or torte, invented by Austrian Franz Sacher in 1832 for Prince Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria, it is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties)
yesterday we made a widespread walk in the surroundings of my hosters home to the marchfeldkanal
(watering canal und recreation-area)
beavers have cut this little trees
unfortunately we could not find such an animal but we could see one of their lodges close to the water
beautiful red berries
on the way to stammersdorf (part of the 21st district of vienna) across the acres
some harvested maize cobs, several grains remained for the animals (birds or mice or hamsters)
reaching the stammersorfer kellergasse (wine cellars, wine taverns), see me sitting on this big wine press
watching the crows in the trees
vineyards with view to the higt rise buildings of the nothern part of vienna
sitting on an old grapevine
stammersdorf with the church
it was a very fine excursion, the weather was great: blue sky, sun and mild temperatures
send you many greetings and kisses mummy
