Thursday, December 27, 2007

Christmas In Vienna

My first trip to Vienna was in early December of 2003. I only stayed a week because that's all the time I could get.

In his article A WIEN ROMANCE, Guardian writer Nigel Slater describes what I saw. Nigel nails it pretty much on the head.

This article made me more clearly remember my first visit to that wonderful city---and reminds me how Christmas used to be. I haven't had a Christmas like his in many years, and I think a large part of that is how we've managed to transform it into a tacky celebration of everything commercial.