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A street just off of Kartner Strasse
Parliament
Stephansdom, Vienna, AT
Staatsoper Wien, Vienna, ATThe city wakes
Getting up very early and taking a walk through the waking streets of Vienna is a real pleasure. In summer the air is fresh and cool (in summer it can get very hot later in the day); feet that are tired from the previous day's sight-seeing have regained their spring; shop keepers are opening shutters and setting up displays; the first fiakers are heading for their stand by the Stephandsdom; the smell of fresh baking wafts out of a doorway as you pass; inside the Stephansdom there are only attendees at an early Mass and the odd visitor like you instead of the hordes of tourists and their guides who will fill the place later in the day. Down at pavement level the narrow streets will be in full shade but the morning light will be catching the tops of the buildings, showing up their varying rooflines; it's a good time for photos with few people around and softer light ... and by the time you get back to your hotel you'll have worked up an appetite for a breakfast that will set you up for another day.
