Summer in the City

All I want to say is:
Here are some pictures of Vienna, Austria, my home town, taken last Sunday:

Having a meal in Stadtpark ("Biergartl") under the trees,
walking to the very centre of the city, Stephansplatz,
taking U1 to the "Donauinsel", where you have a beach of almost 20 km, 16 miles,
swimming there,
and then taking some pics of "Alte Donau" with Vienna's very impressive skyline,
returning home - that's it!

Vienna's "beach"

Doggy does not want to go home yet...

Ah, what a lazy Saturday...

What a lazy lazy Saturday...

Today it is comfortably hot in the city of Vienna,
the sun is shining, the sky is blue with some huge white cosy clouds,
the city is perfectly quiet
after yesterday's rush of thousands of soccer fans.

I am sitting on my desk, looking out of my window...

I have already visited some favourite blogs,

I saw Sara's uncomparable yacaranda trees,
I walked with Elizabeth through Marakech and through New York,
I tried to get some new impressions from my home town Vienna on Merisi's blog.

What should I do now?
Go out and enjoy the sunshine?
Walk through the city, sneek around coffee houses looking for a lady taking pictures?
Make a new blog?

I sigh ...
and smell the food my husband is preparing in the kitchen
I hear our 16 year old watching TV in the living room
I see my doggy D'ora relaxing in her basket beneath my desk.

So what do you think I did for the rest of the day?

Stay at home and enjoy the leisure of the afternoon! ;D

That's what I would like to do again:

Ah, Italy 2004 ...

My favourite roses:

Italy, summer 2004

That's what I'm dreaming of...

except of the cigarettes:

I quit
smoking in the meantime!

Finally it's summer - let the good times roll!!!

Click on the image to hear the good times roll!