October 21, 2013

Autumn in Central Europe


There is something about the crunch of leaves beneath my feet and the distant smell of chimney smoke at dusk that capture my heart every autumn.  The past couple of weeks the leaves have begun to change colors and the sun is slowly making itself scarce earlier and earlier.  Autumn is one of those seasons you can easily miss if you don't look up and notice what is around you.  Sure you will feel the weather getting cooler, and you can notice the days getting shorter, but it is the radiant colors of fall that can come and go so quickly. We didn't want fall to pass us by without really embracing it, so this past weekend we spent a day at the imperial gardens in Vienna: Schonbrunn and Belvedere, and then an afternoon exploring the many colors of Gellert Hill in Budapest.
Schonbrunn Palace Gardens
Catching leaves at Schonbrunn
Prancing in the leaves
Stadt Park with Strauss in the background
Belvedere Palace
Gellert Hill
Gellert Hill


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