Wordless Wednesday: Ladies aka Women

Travel With Me Tuesday: Auf Wiedershen Vienna

A good day in Vienna was drawing to a close. He had his tour of the Opera House, something I was not interested in. I had seen a performance there on a previous trip and that was enough for me. But I was glad he had a chance to do this as he's the opera buff.

The images tempting him outside of the Stage Door office where you buy your tickets. There is also a little bookstore there and it was where I dropped him off and was scheduled to meet him after his tour.

You buy your ticket and then you give it to your ticket taker. That employs another person!

There is nothing quite like these massive doors to be seen in many parts of Europe. I always find them fascinating and love the feel as you pull them open, that is if you can!

Inside images that are not terribly clear but give you a good feel for the opera house.

Outside, I enjoyed seeing the people out and about. There is definitely a cosmopolitan feel to the city, much like New York or Milan. Women dress very well.

 He had no interest in the performance that night...fortunately.

Once again, it was tempting but knowing how much food was ahead of us on the boat, I passed on even a coffee in the Cafe.

Nor did I stop in here, but it did look tempting for yet another schnitzel. 

Back to the Albertina area to wait for our 16.10 bus, the last bus back to the boat. This stop was becoming rather familiar to us.

Our last evening in Vienna included a concert at the Kursalon. Departure was at 17:15.! So it was a quick freshen up as soon as we were on board.

Lovely site and beautiful music but as always, concerts and recitals involve more formal seating that most of us are used to. Fortunately, I'd been on my feet for a lot of the day and sitting seemed good no matter what the chair.

Beef the way I liked it was one of the dinner choices and by now the chef knew I mean rare when I said rare! As on many cruises, the kitchen staff does the March of the Baked Alaskas as their grand finale.

Our table mates that evening included guests from Delaware, so we were practically neighbors.

So it was goodbye Vienna and the next day we would arrive in Budapest. Auf Wiedershen!

AAM Monday: Project Life Weeks 23 and 24

By taking a week break, these pages are a bit behind but you get the point. That is one of the things I like about digital scrapping. You can take some time to get a bit of reflection on the week - if you like. Doing it right in the moment works too. It's all good.

I'm really liking how the cards with a lot of white add a lightness to the page. I made the 4x6 ones and have kept that one and the Cathy Zielske small one as templates. I love them! I often like to use a patterned paper as the bottom layer so with this week's black it really did the job I wanted it to.

This StudioDD template on the layout below summed up my feeling about my new phone! I'd waited longer than I planned - pure laziness -  to switch from the 4S to the iPhone6.  I'm still getting used to the size in my hand. I really like the StudioDD templates, often more for the collection of elements rather than the whole shebang.  On this one, I deleted about half the original elements! but it's a great way to get an assortment of things without buying endless kits. Makes me happy! btw, I have also set up a collection of these template previews in Lightroom so I don't have to tag each and every item in the template. I tag a lot but not all!

I find that Project Life is really a part of my life now but I'm still trying to decide if it's a print and go in the binder or wait and do a 'book' book. 1st world issues to be sure.