Many of you are aware that Nicole and I have moved to Vienna. The irony that this is the city of my family’s persecution is not lost on me. Every day that I take in the joy of my new home, I remember what was lost. Every day I balance the reality of what we humans are capable of, the horror and the beauty.
This is the building where we now live. Originally constructed in 1879, it was partially rebuilt after WWll.
Viennese architecture is proudly ornate.
It is always startling and awe-inspiring to look up and see this impressive church near the end of our street.
The church was completed and consecrated in 1879, the same year our building was built.
This is one of the bedrooms. Eventually, there would be a mountain of these cardboard boxes. We only arrived with our luggage so lots of purchases and deliveries.
The iron work and wood railings are typical of an Altbau, an old building in Vienna.
There is a small plaque outside my building, a Stoperstein. There are thousands of them throughout the city as memorials to people who were murdered during the Holocaust. We learned there had been a medical practice here and some of the doctors lived in the building.
The names on the plaque:
Luise Eisenberger & Dr. Friedrich Luthar Eisenberger; Dr. Friedrich Von Fischer & Leone Von Fischer; Dr. Arthur Bleier & Ottilie Bleier.
The Bleiers were liberated in 1945. Remarkably, they were relatives of our friend, Liesl März (Eveline Elisabeth März).
View to the north on a rainbow day.
This is the view to the south.
Looks like we will have a green living room. The ceiling is about 12 feet which feels pretty high.
This style was apparently common. A friend’s kitchen down the street has a similar aesthetic.
The stove company is Meller and they have been in business in Austria since 1903. Not sure we will ever use it but it’s solid.
Not only did they deck it out in rainbows for Pride, they painted the entire building pink!
This is one of our local parks! They take their parks seriously in Vienna.
More glamour in the neighborhood. This is the hotel where we stayed on our first trip to Vienna.