tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post7229913446327943034..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Votiv Church, ViennaGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-77317155105100212162016-04-04T09:19:31.225+02:002016-04-04T09:19:31.225+02:00I wanted to visit the Votiv Church in November but...I wanted to visit the Votiv Church in November but a guard turned me away. They were filming a movie. Huge cranes were shining bright projector light on the spires (in the morning!). Actors' trailers were parked all along the side street. <br />Oh well. I hope to come to Wien again someday. <br />Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-49958585281752701782016-03-09T10:21:45.300+01:002016-03-09T10:21:45.300+01:00Thanks Pat. I'll send an email.Thanks Pat. I'll send an email. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-77340652940469363632016-03-07T19:31:13.124+01:002016-03-07T19:31:13.124+01:00Gwil - I believe your Mother lives in the North of...Gwil - I believe your Mother lives in the North of the UK. If you send me her address I will send her a copy of the latest quiz sheet so that she can have a go at that. Alrthough if she is a regular she may well find it far too easy. I think you have my e mail address.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-87773421497227744612016-03-07T13:51:19.571+01:002016-03-07T13:51:19.571+01:00The Kaiser ruled most of Europe. He was almost a d...The Kaiser ruled most of Europe. He was almost a deity himself. So he got the best. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-20428609218669811062016-03-07T13:47:01.146+01:002016-03-07T13:47:01.146+01:00The hoardings are traditional. Austria is a land o...The hoardings are traditional. Austria is a land of hoardings. I've never known a place like it for advertisements. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-80712492045147113412016-03-07T13:44:53.269+01:002016-03-07T13:44:53.269+01:00They need the revenue. The sandstone they used doe...They need the revenue. The sandstone they used doesn't last five minutes in cathedral terms. Easy to cut but life of short duration. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-28516502601265539632016-03-07T13:43:20.965+01:002016-03-07T13:43:20.965+01:00Like many such places it looks better from the out...Like many such places it looks better from the outside, in the same way that a mountain looks majestic from the valley floor. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-68050630186025113852016-03-07T13:41:50.608+01:002016-03-07T13:41:50.608+01:00When I was a sea cadet we had to go to Liverpool f...When I was a sea cadet we had to go to Liverpool for a service in the Cathedral, obviously not the modern one (for overseas readers Liverpool has 2 cathedrals) but the enormous red sandstone thing, big as a nuclear power station, which can be seen from far and wide. We heard that it was 100 years old and not even finished. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-14913302493916459572016-03-07T10:38:55.442+01:002016-03-07T10:38:55.442+01:00Wow, those spires are just beautiful!Wow, those spires are just beautiful!betty-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950300478215339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-18767295025983689752016-03-07T09:32:58.624+01:002016-03-07T09:32:58.624+01:00Looks a noce church spoiled by the advertiseing ho...Looks a noce church spoiled by the advertiseing hordingBilly Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-69466408484928497172016-03-06T18:01:26.196+01:002016-03-06T18:01:26.196+01:00the advertisement to such a distraction from the b...the advertisement to such a distraction from the beautiful churchTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082494067802628837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-47555516748477130362016-03-06T14:07:44.925+01:002016-03-06T14:07:44.925+01:00gorgeous spires. ( :gorgeous spires. ( :Elizabeth Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646711693473956020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-67118351426941260092016-03-06T12:09:28.690+01:002016-03-06T12:09:28.690+01:00Think I visited it in 2014 Gwil. Fantastic Gothic...Think I visited it in 2014 Gwil. Fantastic Gothic architecture. I believe years a go a stone mason would start building a cathedral and his grandchildren would complete it. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-51731118924328122522016-03-05T21:06:55.366+01:002016-03-05T21:06:55.366+01:00EU should stick up for basic human rights and free...EU should stick up for basic human rights and freedoms. Whatever it takes. Time for the D-EU-tschland Empire to man up. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-72688204976931529072016-03-05T20:25:48.470+01:002016-03-05T20:25:48.470+01:00As I have said elsewhere, Erdogan is a very danger...As I have said elsewhere, Erdogan is a very dangerous man.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-76724295738922090362016-03-05T20:10:38.854+01:002016-03-05T20:10:38.854+01:00Yes, it's neo-Gothic. Work started about mid 1...Yes, it's neo-Gothic. Work started about mid 1800's. No idea when it finished. I think it's like the Forth Bridge; they get to one end and start again at the other. It's very cold inside and it wasn't pleasant for the refugees who had no heating for many weeks. I think some might have gone on hunger strike. As you say things have changed dramatically as far as numbers are concerned. I read a couple of lines about a refugee jumping off the top of a 7 storey building. Some people are at their wits end, the open door closed. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-78422648349843147482016-03-05T20:01:57.767+01:002016-03-05T20:01:57.767+01:00It looks Gothic. I remember the occupation of the...It looks Gothic. I remember the occupation of the church. It seems tame in numbers against the migrants we now have flooding across from Syria across borders.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-21114406764306562562016-03-05T19:58:30.496+01:002016-03-05T19:58:30.496+01:00Having seen today's news about events in Turke...Having seen today's news about events in Turkey regarding the govt. takeover of the main non-govt. newspaper by force and the EU's timid reaction - a bland statement by Hannes Hahn, we may be needing the soldiers sooner than we think. Certainly need to do something. Turkey is not only in bed with Saudi Arabia but wants to join the EU. They should be told where to get off instead of kow-towing EU style. Such shameful EU behavior will encourage the Brexit case. The EU is to most people, except a few in Germany, France and the Benelux countries, evolving into a monster. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-72320209785080686292016-03-05T19:49:14.470+01:002016-03-05T19:49:14.470+01:00The church is often surrounded by advertisements. ...The church is often surrounded by advertisements. I assume this is to raise money for the never-ending maintenance costs which must be astronomical. Usually the adverts are for cars, but one time I saw a recruiting advert for the Austrian army. The message of Jesus clearly not getting through to all concerned. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-30597407795979470652016-03-05T18:40:39.303+01:002016-03-05T18:40:39.303+01:00Beautiful! Though to put such a big advertisement ...Beautiful! Though to put such a big advertisement in front of it (or is it a trick played by the photograph?) says a lot about our time and its values. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.com