Monday, July 22, 2013

Porcelain Factory Vienna

We visited the Vienna Porcelain Factory today. 
It was founded in 1718 and was the second one in Europe, 
after Meissen in Germany. 
 It is located in the Augarten, where we also saw two FLAK towers.
 We dropped into the world of delicate porcelain.
It was all around.
 Homely corners invited us to sit down and look at the little, fragile wonders.
 Here are different trades people from the 18th century,....
 .... or various cups from the Empire Period.
 Little corners like this were all around.
 Then we took the U-Bahn to the first district. 
Here is a bakery directly on the platform of the underground trains, 
deep in the bowels of Vienna.
Then we took a snack at Trześniewski's.
This is interesting because most Austrians have a hard time
pronouncing "Miller" without a thick accent, 
but they can say Trześniewski without a problem.
 People stand in line and order....
 .... Trześniewski's famous open-face sandwiches.
Yes, we've gone completely native.

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