Gerstner Bakery, Vienna, Austria
This has been a relaxing week, … after a looooong time! The year has been crazy: traveled seven countries and ran two of the top five marathons in the world!!! This week, I tended sore legs. In the gym, I simply stretched aching muscles and tendons, worked on the upper-body (M thinks I have the attractive physique of a starving ethiopian refuge!) and caught up on gossip. For the rest of the year, I steadfastly refuse to venture far from home! A self-imposed grounding!
But I can still travel through photographs. Let me introduce you to this beautiful bakery in the center of Vienna! Our host and friend, Mr Eichler gave us the insider's tour of Vienna and brought us to this place – apparently a fixture in Wiener culture. While other bakeries in town served pastries, this one was head and shoulders above. The place had an old-world charm, and their melange simply had to be the best!
I'll stop the words now and let your eyes take in the masterpieces!
Stop drooling on the keyboard!
The front counter!
And the storefront! Its been there since 1847. To put the era in perspective, the Indian sepoy's rose in rebellion in 1857!
and, I think these pastries would go well with that filter coffee, no?
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