Baden
Sunday: about weather, zero point and Baden
29.08.2010
20 °C
8AM
Cool and sunny Sunday morning. Vienna looks washed and crispy in morning sun. It's windy, shining and early yet and I want to go rollerblades soon. Our last week in Vienna has begun and I can hear clock ticking. It's also the end of August and here, in Europe, it means calendar and in fact the end of the summer. I doubt if we could continue to swim in the river yet, water got cold in last week.
ZERO POINT
We scated today to the end of "our side" of the island. The end means ziro point - 24 km of island roads are marked each 100m, so you easily can know how long have u gone. "our side" means left from the house, usually we were scating in this direction. House stays in the middle of the way, about 12 km in each direction. So, "our" is direction of Airport, and "other" is direction of Vienna Woods.
I thought that I was twice in whole my life at zero point. Once it was at ziro meridean in Greenwich, and the second time here, on Danube Island. The second side, marked with 24 km didn't touch me emotionally by any way, but this windy ZERO feels like something important, a lil sad. You can physically reach the end (the beginning?) of the island, stay at the end of land and watch water, streeming at opposite direction (!). There is also a parking zone of working barges. Serious and tired, barges sleep there.
BADEN
Don't confuse with Baden-Baden in Switzerland or Baden in Germany!
Baden located about 26 kilometres south of Vienna, frequently the name is given as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna). This name, however, is not official, but can be used to distinguish it from other cities of the same name such as Baden-Baden in Switzerland. Baden is famous for its mineral springs with a natural temperature of up to 36 degree Celsius, the Baden spa treatment and wellness.
Saying the truth, I had a biase against Baden, because I expected it would be "the imperial spa town", and it really has some signs, but basically it's nice and not too wealthy.
Rathaus square
Wealthy life: bathing, drinking and gambling - all in one.
Stadt Theatre
Pfarrkirche St. Stefan
Hairdresser's sign
Posted by vanessa 14:00 Archived in Austria Comments (0)