Ahhhh, Vienna. How does one package this up into a blog post? After watching my cursor blink for a few minutes, I realized you can’t. You just have to go see it!

I spent a week there last fall shooting a wedding that you may already have seen on my Facebook page. These, however, are some of the scenic shots I took as my friends and I roamed the city. This was my first time seeing buildings nearly a thousand years old.

St. Stephen’s Cathedral was built in 1147 and is one of those things you have to just stop and stand in front of for a while to even begin to grasp the history. I laugh when a nice home is built with…wait for it…moulding! Wow! Yeah, right. Try hand carved stone statues on for size.

Statues aren’t really my style, so when I build a home I’m going to stick to your more basic clock tower like the one seen here at the Rathaus, or City Hall. Modesty is key. I love chillin’ on my front porch too, so the arched hallway/porch with hanging lights is an absolute necessity. In case you aren’t picking up on it, I’m just having a little fun with dry humor (or ‘humour’ depending on where you live), but in all honesty, I was truely blown away by all the detail work and immensity of the architecture.

It was also interesting to pick up on all the different architectural influences. That’s about all I know on that topic, so I’ve included links to a few informational pages on each building thanks to wikipedia, which, as we all know, is highly accurate due to strict academic standards upheld for those posting the articles. (hey, you’re getting better at picking up my dry humor) The domed building is the Museum of Art History.

And if you’re looking for some ideas for your circular driveway fountain, look no further than the one at Schonbrunn Palace. In fact, you can look here for all your landscaping inspiration since they’ve…covered a lot of ground…in that area.