Vienna...a waltz around the market.....

Home again - and as usual I carried my camera around with me snapping away at whatever took my fancy - which often involved food, so if you are hungry, look away now......

I seem to have a fascination for imposing doors......

 and door handles! I know, a bit odd....

but I do love fairy tale churches that look as though they have been spun from sugar....

in the markets, I adored the stalls that had ornaments of just one colour, this dazzling display of silvery white looked stunning.....

then there was all the patisserie's - delectable....

I loved the bold lanterns hanging from the bare trees...

in one store they had an area set up where children, wearing little bakers aprons and hats, were busy making their own Christmas cookies.....

but the master baker was on hand to show them how it was done....

The Danube river was a bit of a letdown. It is very prone to flooding so it has been shored up on all sides with concrete, taking away a bit of the romance - 

Here I am standing by what we thought was the Blue Danube, but turned out to be a man-made storm drain! 

Seeing inside the world famous opera house was impossible if you didn't have tickets for a performance. We briefly flirted with the idea of maybe selling our grandchildren or taking out a mortgage to pay for a ticket, but that wasn't going to work, so we just walked all around the building, gazing at the very splendid chandeliers glittering inside

If any of you make gingerbread at Christmas, just look at this display - all freshly baked.....

and the icing decoration was an art form.....

and if you ever wondered where pretzels originated......

and finally, each of these ornaments was handmade- or so he said!

So I hope you've enjoyed a little jaunt around the streets of Vienna with me this morning.

See you tomorrow x