Fruit department at a supermarket in Vienna. 或るウィーンのスーパーマーケットの果物売り場
Here in Vienna it is very hot every day. Daytime maximums are above 30 degrees Celsius. When I think back on the time I started living in Vienna, I remember it not being like this. I have a feeling that it gets hotter every year. It really is true that global warming exists.
Despite that thanks to a rather dry climate usually residences have no airconditioner. Of course it is very hot inside my apartment but it is bearable. However if it stays this hot for an extended period of time, shopping at locations with airconditioning calms me down. Especially as in the picture above, looking at vegetables and fruits at a cool supermarket also cools me down as well. I think watermelons are from Asia. Recently they can be seen much more often at supermarkets here in Vienna as well. In Japan watermelon is one typical example of summer fruits. I remember my childhood when I joyfully ate chilled watermelon with my family. That seems so familiar to me.
Water mist from those poles is quite popular 通りのミストが大人気
Starting a few days ago, it has been quite hot in Vienna. The highest estimated temperature will be over 30 degrees Celsius and very dry. Out on the street it feels like being in an oven. It is said that the middle of the week will see the highest temperatures of this heatwave. Mist in the streets provides coolness. Many people enjoy to cool down passing by under those poles.
Young grapes hanging in front of a wine shop. 或るワインのお店前に若い葡萄が下がっています
Today is the public holiday “Fronleichnam” (Feast of body of Christ). Almost all the shops are closed and very few people are out on the streets. I went for a short walk but what a heat! Early evening some short showers came down and then it cooled down a little. I feel Summer’s approaching aura already.
During a walk in the sixth district of Vienna, I found this sign by chance. It says that in 1937 Dr. Heinz Zemanek, an Austrian pioneer of computers who built the “Mailüfterl”, graduated from High School here. I have no knowledge about computers but interested people might find this information valuable. Many interesting and important people are from Austria and I am sure that local people are proud of this fact.
Entrance of Marchettigasse High School, where Dr. Heinz Zemanek graduated from. Due to “Vienna Pride” which is held from June 1 until 12, the rainbow flag symbolizing this is shown outside the building. ハインツ•ツェマネク教授が卒業した マルヒェッティ通りの高校正門。 今年6月1日から12日まで行われる 「ヴィエンナ プライド」の催しの期間中なので、 そのシンボルの虹の旗が掲げられています。Obelisk opposite the entrance of the school. 高校前にある記念碑From this commemorative plaque one can understand that in this area the very first drinking fountain of the vertically releasing type in Vienna was located in order to avoid infectious diseases. この記念碑から分かるのは、 この辺りにウィーン初の、 感染症を防ぐための、 噴き上げる様式の水飲み場が設置されていた、 ということのようです。
Today during a walk in the 6th district of Vienna, by chance I found this sign on the wall of a buildung where Oskar Werner was born. Oskar Werner is a very famous Austrian actor, who made an extensive international career. When he died in 1984 at the age of 61, I had not yet come to Vienna. Unfortunately I do not know film and theatre extensively and so I don’t really know his works. However in one TV episode of “Columbo” he starred as the murderer, I know this episode well and it is quite impressive. Walking around Vienna, there often are such discoveries. In those moments I am overwhelmed by the depth of culture this city possesses.
Today is the first Sunday in June. After some time I visited Esterhazypark and I noticed that the flower beds have changed to a summer setting. Colourful varieties of flowers sway in the wind.
Finally my new glasses were ready. With those I can see much better now and I am very happy. Looking at the beautiful Vienna city in early summer, I remember the day when recently I went to an eye doctor.
I had noticed my vison getting worse and so I went to see a doctor. I was routinely examined first. Then the doctor gave me eyedrops to receive an examination to that date unknown to me. After about thirty minutes I was examined further and luckily the result was quite good. My vision has in fact gotten worse and so he gave me a prescription for new glasses. Right away my husband and I went to an Optician shop close by. On the way there I noticed that the world around me had changed. I cannot describe it well but my vision was strange. Everything looked strange to me and colours as well were strange. Some things had a yellowish rim around it and partly it looked like a rainbow. Everything was kind of foggy and no matter how often I blinked, there was no change. I was also afraid to walk because I could not realize whether I was actually walking straight. Fortunately my husband was with me and so I could hold on to his arm, which gave me a sense of security. Because I had not counted on that, I understood that ordering new glasses was not a good idea but rather buy some things at the supermarket and return home instead.
Due to my strange vison grocery shopping was not nice either and so I picked only necessary small items. At the register there was a very kind cashier lady which we know and she said that my glasses looked nice. I almost never wore glasses when buying groceries and maybe seeing me wearing glasses was quite new to her. I told her that I went to the doctor and received eyedrops and everything looked strange.
Afterwards on the way home my husband said to me that the cashier lady complimented me on my new haircut. That surprised me because I on the other hand thought that she was talking about my glasses. If she indeed talked about my haircut then I actually gave her a kind of strange response. Maybe since I had strange vision because of the eyedrops, I was only thinking about that and my ears wanted to hear about that topic. I told my husband about it and he said to me that maybe what I heard was correct and he might not be. He admitted to not closely paying attention and that it was possible he might have misunderstood. Actually I owe my haircut to my husband because after watching some YouTube videos he cut my hair. Maybe he was so proud of my new haircut that he subconsciously wanted to hear about this topic. So now we really do not know who heard the correct thing. Or did she even talk about something else? Nobody knows anymore. What she actually said is as blurred as my magic vision from the eyedrops.
Pole spraying water mist is active for the first time this year. 通りのミストが今年の初稼働
Today the weather in Vienna got truly warm. Nice weather and up to 28 degrees Celsius! The wind breeze is soft and nice and makes for a cosy day. It is supposed to be like this tomorrow as well and I look forward to it.
Arch with plant greens on the street. How soothing! 通りの緑のアーチ 清々しい憩いの場Flowers in this flowerbed grow so fast. ぐんぐん成長する花壇の草花Renewal construction of Loquaiplatz is progressing. Some machines of the same nationality as me are working here diligently. ロクヴァイ広場の改装も進んでいます。 私と同じ国籍の重機たちが熱心に働いています。
Dieter Pasching, May 7th 2022, at event hall of “Club der Wiener Musikerinnen”. ディーター パッシング 2022年5月7日 「ウィーン女流音楽家同好会」の催しにて
Yesterday there was a jubilee event of 120 years “National Council of Women Austria” at “Club der Wiener Musikerinnen”. My husband and I are members of “Club der Wiener Musikerinnen”. That is a club for Vienna women musicians originally founded in 1886 by Rosa Lutz. Today this club is a member organisation of the National Council of Women Austria and therefore the jubilee event was held here. When we hear the name of this club, one might think it is for women only but men participating is not a problem at all. Mostly members deepen their knowledge or play music for the existence of women musicians and to intensify their feeling of independence is deemed important. The current president Eleonore Hauer-Rona asked my husband to read some words of greeting as well as some excerpts from historic transcripts of speeches. I think it was an event where the Club’s slogan “Women and men together” was indeed a good fit.
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