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Art in our apartment |
Oh, Vienna! You have me tired. I must be getting truly old when a trip to Europe wipes me out as much as a long-hauler. It was, of course, a great breakaway and it is always a joy to meet with friends old and new at the Short Story Conference. Our airbnb apartment was fantastic (large and antique furniture filled), so that was a bonus, particularly with Juno in tow. And with the temps in the mid-thirties. Swoon.
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Sachertorte! |
Anyhoo, we ate Sachertorte at the Belvedere and vegan ice-cream at Eis Greissler, we U-bahned and trammed, walked and drank bier, and had a go in the Riesenrad ferris wheel (featured in the film
Before Sunrise). I read and was on a panel and I introduced the lovely Madeleine Darcy along with the equally fab Shirley Abbott.
My photos are a mixed bag (Embassy ones are particularly bad) but here are some others for what it is worth.
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Juno at The Belvedere, where we saw Klimt's 'The Kiss' |
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Robert Olen Butler reads at Literaturhaus |
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Lots of horsedrawn carriages on the streets |
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Irish/Scottish writer Dónal McLaughlin reads at the Juridicum, Uni of Vienna |
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View from the Riesenrad |
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Golden statue on a Viennese corner |
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Lots of fun graffiti in beautiful Vienna |
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Juno in hat |
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In our apartment before our farewell party at the Heurigen (wine-tavern) |
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Me, Madeleine Darcy and Shirley Abbott |
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The linked stories panel I was on: me, Lucy Durneen, Kelly Cherry, Adnan Mahmutovic - Robert Luscher behind |
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Juno with Pinocchio |
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Finbar on Stephansplatz |
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Tania Hershman and I, new tattoo comparing |
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Yamm! is the veggie place in Wien. Finbar had vegan frogspawn cake. Or something... |
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My reading-mate I-Wei Wu, our introducer Madeleine Darcy and me |
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At the Irish Embassy waiting to read, with Maurice Lee and a beatific looking Alan McMonagle |
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Ying Tai Chang introduces Billie Travalini |
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Billie Travalini reads |
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Billy O'Callaghan reads at the Irish Embassy |
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Juno running through the very posh Ferstel Arcade |
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The flea market - we went with Tania. The heat was unbearable that day. |
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Free books stalls near our apartment being replenished by a lovely man |
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Pals! Pat Jourdan, me, Billie T and Tania |
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Paul McVeigh introduces Pat Jourdan |
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Jim Grady is alarmed by Wiener Würstchen at the
Heurigen |
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Ailsa Cox & Elizabeth Baines, warming up at the Heurigen |
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Yamm! lunch: Adnan, Vaness Gebbie, Jarred McGinnis, Zoe Gilbert, Tania, Dónal and Juno |
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5 comments:
I'd love to visit Vienna, looks like you guys had a ball. And tell Juno her Frozen bag looks very cool.
It's lovely, Aoife. She is VERY proud of the bag :)
Looks and sounds fab... I especially honed in on the cakes and markets :) great photos as always xx
Thanks, Ems. Yes, it was lovely, truly.
Cakes and markets - my two travel must-haves :)
Short stories, big cakes and flea markets - joy! Thanks for sharing the pics x
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