Sky Watch Friday - Paris Skies

Beautiful Purple Paris Skies

as watched by two Austrian spies :)

Sonja & Philipp who spent a week in Paris lately
*sigh*

THAT'S PARIS?
Without Notre Dame or Eiffelturm?
YES!
I simply liked the endless ocean of houses, the sky above, and all those people enjoying the view :)

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Reminiscences of a perfect summer hiking tour

If you want to hike through Austria's lovely Alpenvorland
on a perfect summer day
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Vienna Skywalkers - Bisamberg

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It is 6 pm and my skywalking friend Brigitte and me leave the city of Vienna by public transport.

Fascinating cityscape slowly makes room for quiet countryside.

We leave the train after a 15 minutes ride in Langenzersdorf.

We took our cameras with us, just in case :)

This hill is Bisamberg, our destination.

We cross the main street,

walk past the backyards,

and find a sign leading us the way to the top.
"Elisabethhöhe"
a place with a beautiful view and a memorial of Empress Elisabeth (Sissi).

Our path is very steep, it would be a proper route for daily training!

The sun sets early, already at 7 pm,

and we take the last photos of the darkening landscape.

It's really romantic, with the soft autumn colours and the autumn smells and the growing darkness!

When we walk down the hill, we plan to come back and enjoy the wonderful view over the Danube, the Vienna Woods and the Weinviertel at daylight.
The hill is larger than it appears and so we will start our next walk in the early afternoon.

Needless to say, that after a two and a half hour's walk, we were rewarded with a glass of beer before taking the train home to Vienna.

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Flowers Today - Autumn!

I love this display of autumn flowers!
One bouquet for € 7,50!
:)

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Brenda's Photo Challange - Changing Seasons

Autumn in a Central European city means that slowly the trees lose their leaves,

but some flowers still show their colours,

that you can buy little bumpkins and blue and violett asters
in the flower shops,

that people wear warm clothes when they leave their houses
and - sometimes- colourful flowers,

and if you take a trip in the neighbourhood,
you find red coloured bushes and trees with most spectacular fruits,
sometimes!

Everything looks a little misty, but cheerful,
and you enjoy coming home, putting the fire-place DVD into the player,
have a cup of tea, a good book, and a dog sitting on your lap.
Or play around with your family just as we did yesterday :)

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Viennese Rainy Saturday Afternoons

Recipe for the Turkish zucchini soufflé (Firinda Kabak)

Here the recipe for the Firinda Kabak!
(Thanks to our cook Rainer)


Ingredients:
1200 g zucchinis, grated
3 eggs
1 onion middle sized, sliced
130 g shaved Parmiggiano (Gruyère)
100 g feta (sheep and/or goat cheese)
5 spoonful of dill
5 spoonful of peppermint leaves
5 spoonful of parsley
all herbs finely chopped (table spoons)
1 teaspoon of chili powder (at will)
1 teaspoon of cumin
a douzen dark olives, pitted and sliced (at will)
salt, pepper, olive oil
about 5 heaped table spoons of breadcrumbs (or flour)

Preheat the oven 180°C

Slice the onions, grate the zucchinis, and SIMPLY mix all ingredients together and put them into a casserole.
Add more flour or breadcrumbs when too soggy. The mass should not be liquid :)
Sprinkle the surface generously with olive oil.
Forget it for 45 minutes at 180°.

Allow it to cool off for 5 or 10 minutes.
Voilà, bon appétit!
On peut manger le soufflé chaud ou froid.
C'est un repas très raffiné.

Is also a perfect side dish with grilled meat :)

Sky Watch Friday - Autumn Sunset

After work, my skywalking friend Brigitte and me took the train to Langenzersdorf ( a few miles NW of Vienna).
After a 15 minutes' ride we arrived at Bisamberg, a hill only 200 meters high, but steep,
with an adorable view over the river Danube and the rolling hills of the Vienna Woods.
After a two and a half hours' walk, the whole week fell off from us and we felt reborn!

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After work

Finally, work is over, I leave the office.

Coming home:

My husband has cooked a Turkish zucchini soufflé!

A lot of grated zucchini and olive oil,
peppermint, parsley, dill, goat's cheese,
cumin, chili, onions, black olives, eggs and breadcrumbs.

Yummie, that was great.

You see what I am going to do now?
Read 'La Dame aux Camélias'
Die Kameliendame
(of course, in German!)