Christin will be operated today and by tomorrow she will be the proud owner of a brand new right hip.
Needless to say, she is worried in spite of the many assurances that it is by now a routine operation.
It is evidently a lot easier to talk about somebody else's hip replacement, than to think about your own.
Unfortunately I could not do anything for her. Today's morning hours were used for preparation, the actual operation is at 2PM... in fact, if everything goes according to plan, they will have started by now. It's 2,10PM.
Since I would be neither use nor ornament in the Hospital, I took my camera and walked around in the First District.
At the City Hall there is a "Christkindl Market", a "Christmas Market" where they sell everything that has to do with Christmas and some things which do not. I don't know how many stands there are. There must be at least a hundred, maybe more, or maybe they just look that many, arranged in semi circular rows.
Today, it seems, is the day for school kids to visit this magic place. There were hundreds of them, chaperoned by teachers and parents.
Let me show you a few pictures:
The City Hall ( das Rathaus ) of Vienna.
Seat of the municipal Government,
featuring a huge plaza in front,
which is used for various "happenings".
This month it's the "Christmas Market".
Another shot of the City Hall. There are many, maybe a hundred sales huts in front.
I have always liked Vienna's "Rathaus". The building, that is..
not necessarily the politics emanating from it.
One group of about 20 pupils. Grade 1 or 2 of Primary school.
At this age, racial prejudice has not yet started.
Kids, fortunately are colour blind. It takes adults 'education' to teach them differently.
Who does not like 'Maroni' ?
1 little bag of these roasted chest nuts at 2 Euros, keeps a kid happy for as long as it takes him/her to devour them.
Wait a while, I will soon post more images of 'a cold day in Vienna'
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