A slice of Annatorte (what else!) from the Imperial and Royal Confectionary Baker (The Demel, as it goes around here) to start the day.
An afternoon of summer tobogganing with friends.
Top speeds of 40km per hour! Whee!
Dinner in the Inner Stadt with a best friend. Oh, no! Ominous skies at Zu den Neun Chören der Engel (The Nine Choirs of Angels). Would the grand fiaker finale be rained out?
The skies above Am Hof and Peterskirche certainly did not look promising. We settled in for dinner and hoped for the best.
Hurrah! Blue skies. Two very excited young ladies lead the way to Michaelerplatz…
…where the many horse carriages waited to tour them around Vienna.
Waving to the traffic jam behind the carriage. (157 friendly people waved back along the ride.)
Happy Birthday, Anna Grace!
July 31, 2013 at 06:50
Happy birthday, Anna!
Truly a grand day was had by the young lady. Annatorte definitely is the way to go (I'll never understand why Sachertorte is so big among tourist, any American brownie tastes better, IMO).
I hope all those construction sites around Am Hof square are soon a thing of the past.
Cheers,
Merisi
July 31, 2013 at 14:10
With so, so many other wonderful sweets in this city, how the Sacher torte remains a “must-eat” is a mystery to me. Perhaps something in the recipe has been lost in translation.
Am Hof, Stephansdom, Peterskirche. To me a visit to a European city would not be complete without something under scaffolding.
August 4, 2013 at 05:39
My hunch is Sachertorte became so famous because it keeps without refrigeration. The frosting made with only spun sugar and chocolate is the secret. Definitely not a gateau for brownie lovers, though!
A white cake with fluffy lemon buttercream frosting right out of Southern Living is another childhood memory, the bane of our Easter visits with one of my mother's aunts. I still shudder at the taste of cold fat and lemon.
August 12, 2013 at 16:44
Deadly day 😉
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