Baden in Autumn





Today I wanna distract your attention from Viennese architecture and go to Baden. We already visited Baden during roses’ flowering and now autumn has come. I offer to look at fall Baden’s fall twice. Our first walk has taken place at the end of September and the second one two weeks later. You will see how quickly change the color of fall from green to bright yellow and red.

Baden is the imperial spa town and here are a lot of guests all the year round but in the same time Baden is perfect stating point for excursions into the surrounding area. I mean Haiking and Nording Walking trails.

And now I invite you to walk along magnificent forest roads to ruins of Rauhenneck (right bank of river) and also look at ruins of Rauhenstein castle that situated on the left bank of river. Both castles are dated the 12^th century. Our stroll will short, I’m not a good hiker but every time I appreciate the effects of exercise on body and mind.

On a way we admiredwith beautiful views from the mountain and as surprise we find a place where picked up mushrooms and returned to Vienna with “catch” and, please ….. distract a little from everyday cares and stroll along the mountain river Schwechat with me.







Vienna. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Last time we‘ve stopped at monument “Last of the Mankind” and in continuation of my words about fragile but very important life of each person, I write today’s report.

Every October for 25 years, the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is conducted in many countries. This campaign organized to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure.

The Pink Ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness.  

I’ve attached some photos took in Vienna on different years. As you see, the Pink Ribbon presents in every photo and it indicate to partners of this program: Pharmacy (photo 3,4 ), shoe giant ‘Salamander’ (photo 5, 6) as well as outdoor advertising on Casino Vienna building (photo 1). There is even the tram (route D) run in the city center completely designed in Pink Ribbon style (photo 2).

Within October many actions have arranged to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and one of them is the Global Illumination when more than a dozen world-famous landmarks illuminated in pink light draw attention to the importance of mammography screening for early diagnosis of breast cancer as well as the research for finding ways to cure and prevent breast cancer.

We don’t arrange this action in Vienna but the Azrieli Center in Tel-Aviv take part in this action.

Soon I move to Israel to lead the cold season there and I’ll try to take some photos of this building in pink light.

I wanna finish today’s report with wishing of health to every woman!



Vienna. The Project "Kunstplatz-Karlsplatz"

Today I wanted to finish the story about Karlsplatz and continue a walk, but while I was writing about, I remembered Otto Wagner’s words: “It isn’t city square it is an area”. I tried to present my telling in compact form but after all I’ve decided to continue the detailed description.

We still are near to Karlskirche. In front of church is constructed a water reservoir. The sculpture “Hill Arches” (photo 1) designed by English sculptor and artist Henry Moore is located in water in front of the Karlskirche. First of all, it may interest connoisseurs of modern art. The sculpture was presented to the City of Vienna by artist in 1978.

Now we shall take a short walk through the Ressel Park (photo 2). Today my post is devoted to Karlsplatz as the Art Project. This project named “Kunstplatz-Karlsplatz” was launched in 1997. The goal of this project is the coordination and cooperation among the entire spectrum of cultural instituted situated around the Karlsplatz.

Hidden in a shadow of trees and bushes, there is a monument to Johannes Brahms (photo 3). The author of monument is Rudolf Weyer and it was unveiled on May 7, 1908. When I come up to the monument, I always wanna stay a little in front of it or sit down on a nearby bench, I fell marvelous calmness in this place.

The monument is no mere chance located here. The city of Vienna thus honoring the great composer and the second reason is – the Wiener Musikverein/ Viennese Music Association (photos 4, 5) is situated just on the opposite side. The concert Hall was constructed on the place granted by Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph to Wiener Musikverein in 1870. The Musikverein is famous for its acoustics and is considered to be one of the three finest concerts Hall in the world.  

I only need to add, Musikferein is the home stage of the Viennese Philarmonic Orchestra and exactly in this Concert Hall, the famous Vienna New Year’s Concert is held here.

We shall finish today’s walk with sculpture created by Austrian sculptor of early 20^th century, Anton Hanak. The sculpture is named “Last of the Mankind” (photo 6). And I would like to stop just here and think about so fragile but very important life of each person. 

                                                                 

Intercession of the Virgin Mary - Pokrov

Today, on October 1 the Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), known in Church Slavonic as Pokrov (protection). For Eastern Orthodox Christians this feast will come on October 14, but I live in Austria now, so congratulate visitors of my blog today.

From my childhood, when I lived in Russia I remember that usually there is a heavy fall of snow by this day. And it was only fact that I knew about Pokrov.

Later I’ve got to know with a holiday close: I have read about feast and its distinctive marks and that this day marks the meeting of fall with winter.

I like this one: the more snow at the Pokrov – more weddings will be this year. But it doesn’t “work” in Vienna, there may be rain on this day but hardly ever snow there.

There is a beautiful Orthodox Church built in 19^th century in Vienna. Sometimes I visit it and I’m going to St Nicholas Church on September 14 again.

I presented earlier the Jewels of our company “Green Diamond” but we produce and sell not only Costume Jewelry but also there is a section of Christian Jewelry in our internet store.

Take a look at crosses, rings, medallions and I hope you’ll wish to get something. http://stores.ebay.com/GREEN-DIAMOND-SJD/Jewelry-Christianity-/_i.html

  

Vienna. Karlskirche – start point of the walk

My summer pause has ended, and I again welcome all friends and visitors of my blog Rene Delicious Life.

I travelled a lot some months and now I’m ready to tell about and to show all places that I visited.

Today I begin the chronicle story about lengthy and, in my opinion, very interesting architectural-historical route of Vienna.

We’ll start from one of the Viennese landmark – Karlskirche, the creation of architect Johann Bernhard Fisher von Erlach and will finish with other, no less known Shönbrunn Palace of the same architect.

A little bit of history.

The 19^th century was coming to the end. There were implemented some important city projects in Vienna. And one of them was: Wien River that flows through the Vienna (15 km within the city limits) was concluded in concrete beds or hidden under the ground. Thus, it was possible to stop the floods. In result, the landscape of a big territory from Karlskirche up to Schönbrunn Palace completely was changed, and the main architect of those years Otto Wagner completely transform a habitual view of this flooded area before to magnificent parkway which now named Wienzeile and is one of the Vienna’s longest Streets.  

Karlskirche or St Charle’s Church was built in 18^th century and was a parish church of imperial family. In times when there wasn’t infill development around Ringße and Hofburg Palace was in direct vision from the Church.

Karlskirche is one of the most well known Viennese sights so I won’t overburden my story with details as Karlskirche is described well in any tourist guide. My purpose for today was to designate a start point of a route and I place some photos of Karlscirche and we begin a walk along one of the longest Viennese streets – Wienzeile.

Baden. Festival of Roses in Doublhoffpark

Today I’ll tell about an annual festival in Doublhoffpark during rose’s blossoming.

Every year within a month (this year from May 22 up to June 20), the Festival of Roses take place in Doublhoffpark and the Ball of Roses, which is held in the open air, is its culmination. For the whole month the schedule of cultural events, which don’t repeat, is made. It is nice that assign the special children’s program and the small inhabitants with special needs receive individual invitations.
I visited Doublhoffpark twice within a month and you will see everything – the flower fairy dancing in park alley, a small exhibition of roses grown by owners of private gardens with indispensable prize awarding (take a look at photo - Rose Mini Eden). This exhibition is traditionally held in the restored charming Baroque orangery.
There is a big pergola which shape shady alley in the Doublhoffpark and some of the climbing roses are trained to grow along this pergola (see photo). I like to walk along this small “avenue” and when I lift my head I admire roses against the heavenly azure.
June has ended. The Roses showed their magnificence in the course of whole month, but Doublhoffpark has some more secrets and I’ll tell a little bit later about.
And now has come the time return to Vienna and I wanna give particular attention to the Viennese architecture in my future stories.

Baden. Green Oasis – Garden & Roses.

We already visited Baden once, and Doblhoffpark we visited too. It has been in May when along with residents of Baden lifted the Maibaum (Maypole).
And today we’ll visit the spa town for the second time. Baden is located absolutely near to Vienna, only in 26 km far away. There even is a special tram-train (Badener Bahn), starting from Vienna State Opera to Baden, but the track has so many stops and takes sometimes more than hour, so I prefer to get there by the railway line. Using this small ruse, I shorten the travel time up to 20 minutes with only some stops. In my opinion it is more convenient decision even than to get Baden by auto, especially when a season of young wines tasting begins.
Today the roses are still in blossom and we again enter to Doblhoffpark. The Doblhoffpark is known for its rosarium, largest in Austria and garden often named, the Garden of Roses. The Dobllhof Park, along with Kurpark, is one of the favorite places for rest of inhabitants and guests and they lead a lot of hours among the roses. In previous times the park was a part of Weikersdorf Castle, and now it is named Doblhoffpark after the name of its last owners. The Doblhoffpark became the property of local municipality in the 1960s of 20th century and the magnificent rosary was designed by architect Victor Modlhammer. I allow giving some impressing statistics: more than 30,000 rose shrubs are growing in 175 beds. The roses are in bloom twice a year – for the first time in June and in October – the second bloom.