How did that happen??? And yesterday evening on my way to dinner with friends I saw a young man in tails on the tram. In Vienna this almost always means the same thing–the young man in question is on his way to a ball. When you see him at 7 p.m. that is a sign that he is opening the ball. I was mildly surprised to see him on a Thursday evening–there are balls every night of the week in Vienna during ball season but the bigger balls, the ones where you are required to wear tails, tend to be on the weekend. Too late in the year for the Philharmonic Ball, which is the only other major ball that is on a Thursday. With a mild shock I realized that it could only be the Opera Ball, that event which for decades has signaled the approach of Lent in this Catholic country. Sure enough, next week on Wednesday the revels end for 40 days.
Tag Archives: seasons
So much for the sun
5 FebPerhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned it. It is overcast again and looks like rain. Oh, Vienna!
Sun
5 FebThe sun is shining brightly today in Vienna. We’ve been having one of those stretches–so common here in January–where it is overcast so long one forgets that there is such a thing as sun and blue sky. Long may this last! 🙂
Fall weather
23 OctWe are finally experiencing some perfect fall weather and I get to enjoy it in spite of an unusually heavy work load at the moment because Mylo, of course, still needs to be walked. The photo of the canopy of golden trees with the golden carpet under foot was taken yesterday at the Votivkirche. The other photo was taken today at the Donaukanal. Long live the autumn!
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