I gained another year. Yesterday my husband and I went to a restaurant for my birthday dinner. Acccording to the old calendar (originally from China) it is already Autumn and I think the weather in Vienna now affirms belief in it. It has suddenly gotten much cooler. Here you can see some pictures from yesterday.
Finally it is really hot in Vienna. Since the weather forecast was good for the whole day, I left early to walk a bit through the first district of Vienna. The picture above is the newly renovated Austrian parliament.
Finally it has gotten hot here in Vienna. Taking a walk in the city many different colourful and varied plants give joy to the eyes. Here I will show you some pictures.
Flower beds at Schmalzhoftempelpark. シュマルツホーフテンペル公園の花壇
Finally the weather in Vienna has become quite stable. Nice and agreeable days. Yesterday Vienna Pride parade took place (Vienna Pride is a festival for LGBTQ). Here in the 6th district it is somewhat far from that event but I felt some power and atmosphere from it. The weather was supportive as well and I assume it all went well. I wanted to enjoy the nice atmosphere and went for a stroll in the 6th district. I saw some people displaying rainbow flags, who presumably participated, on the street. Here you can see some pictures of the 6th district.
World famous “Riesenrad” (ferris wheel). 有名な「大観覧車」
Cow reception. 牛さんが出迎えてくれました。
Madam Sisi, do you enjoy chewing gum? シィシィさん、美味しいですか？
Liliputbahn Hauptbahnhof. It is my family tradition to ride on it at once a year.リリプットの中央駅。我が家には、年に1度はリリプットに乗る習慣があります。
Our Liliput train has arrived！ 私たちの乗るリリプットが来ました！
We will take this seat here. ここに席をとることにしましょう。
Some colleagues taking a rest.出発してすぐ、休憩している仲間達が見えました。
At the stop “Rotunde” you can see the Prater Hauptallee. 停車駅のひとつ”Rotunde”。向こうに有名なプラーターの並木道が見えます。
We move on. 再度、出発。
Going into the green landscape！ 緑の中に突入！
After approximately a twenty minute ride we walk around Prater. In this picture you can see the famous “Schweizerhaus”. 約20分の乗車でした。下車後はプラーター公園内を少し散歩しました。この建物は、有名なレストラン「シュヴァイツァーハウス」です。
Balloon vendor close to Schweizerhaus. Since my childhood I have always loved balloons. Back then there were only typical round shaped ones. Nowadays balloons have different shapes and also look like famous characters and are so colourful. They show their short splendor entrusting themselves to the wind. 「シュヴァイツァーハウス」近くのお店で風船が売られていました。子供の頃から、私は風船が大好きです。しかし、私が子供の頃は、典型的な丸い風船しかありませんでした。今はいろんな形や、キャラクターのものが多く、非常にカラフルですね。その、短い美しさを、風に身を委ねながら見せています。
Short cool down break. I ordered “Viennese Ice Coffee”, which is not just cold coffee but rather coffee with Vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. 涼しい木陰で一休み。「ウィーン風アイスカフェー」を頼みました。これは日本のアイスコーヒーとは違い、コーヒーにアイスクリームと泡立てたクリームが乗っています。
As we continued our walk, we found a cow on a balcony. Are you up there, Mrs. Cow? 散歩を再開。あれ、牛さん、そこに？ヴェランダに登ったんですか？
Wirtschaftsuniversität (University of Economics) next to Prater. プラーター公園の隣は「ウィーン経済大学」です。
It is a luxury to be able to leave bicycles in nature like this. こんな風に、自然の中に自転車を置けることは素敵だと思います。
Wonderful flowers in beds on campus looking like fireworks. 大学の敷地内の花壇の花。まるで花火のようで綺麗。
Arrived at the final destination “Krieau”, which is one of my favourite places. Here we rest a little bit. 最終目的地「クリーアウ」に到着。私の大好きな場所の一つです。少しここで休憩します。
Pictures by Yuka Simeno (except the one showing me and the one showing the cow on the balcony), June 1st 2023 in Vienna
Vienna has finally been blessed with good weather. Every day it is quite stable with about 21degrees daytime maximum. Last weekend however the temperature climbed much higher to almost early Summer levels. At Burggarten Vienna there were many people sunbathing with some even wearing bathing suits. Here I will show some pictures from May 21st.
Volksgarten, chestnut trees. Surely nice to jog here. フォルクスガルテン（民衆庭園）のカスタニエの木々。ここでジョギングすると気持ちいいでしょうね。
Cool shade under trees 涼しい影は木からの贈り物
Beautiful gradation of overlapping leaves 重なり合う葉の色の濃淡が美しい
Cute pinecone children かわいいボックリの赤ちゃんたち
Austrian President’s office オーストリア首相のオフィス
Some roses at Volksgarten are in full bloom フォルクスガルテン（民衆庭園）の薔薇の中には、既に満開のものもありました
Empress Sisi and a duck in safety, because there is a barrier and people are not allowed to enter, which the duck seems to know and enjoy シィシィと鴨。ここは立ち入り禁止になっていることを鴨は知っているようで、悠々とのんびりしているようです。
Opposite the statue of Empress Sisi シィシィと向かい合っている私。
Zanoni frozen Yoghurt is very refreshing ザノーニのフローズンヨーグルトを食べて、気分もさっぱり爽やかに
Flowebed in front of “Haus der Begegnung” in the 6th district. So wonderful！ウィーン6区の公民館前の花壇。何て美しいのでしょう！
Pictures by Yuka Simeno (except the one showing myself), May 21st 2023 in Vienna
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