I don’t know what it is about this Vienna, but it energizes me in a way Los Angeles never did.
In L.A. I was always tired. Maybe it was the fast pace. Maybe it was the tough competition. Maybe it was sitting in traffic all the time. I don’t know, but LA just sucked energy from me.
Here in Vienna I feel like I can just go and go and go. Like the energizer bunny. Just not pink. Maybe it’s because I move more in Vienna. I use the public transportation all the time and I walk a lot. Maybe it’s being among people rather than caged away in my car. Maybe it’s being out and seeing that others are doing interesting things.
To be honest, maybe it’s just that Vienna is my kind of town. It’s smaller than L.A. and things aren’t so spread out and therefore, easier to get to. Vienna seems to be accessible. Though accessible, it still manages to be cultured and refined. It manages to say, “I have everything to offer that you could possibly want.”
Except for shopping. For that I have to go back to L.A.
I love reading your blog. Your personal observation, your comparison to L.A. Keep up the good work.
hugs,
Anna C
ps. I finally have my blog in English
http://annaclaessen.blogspot.com/
I get it. I love the calmness of the city. You can walk for hours in this beautiful city and not be disturbed.
I love your blog. Keep up the good work.
ps. I finally have my blog in English http://annaclaessen.blogspot.com/
All the best,
Anna C
in what way does shopping differ in L.A.? just curious
Hi Helimax,
Well, L.A. is a fashion capitol. So clothes are a big deal concerning self expresssion. It’s really fun to look at people and see how they put clothes together and get inspired with new ideas.
Also, if you want it, you can find it in L.A. In Austria, I find myself ordering a lot of things on the Internet, which I never had to do in L.A.
I find the shopping here much more limited than the UK. The sports shops are great and I love looking at (and sometimes buying) the skis, snowboards, ice-skates, hiking boots and so on. But…. in Salzburg (Land und Stadt) I find they don’t do shops as well as the UK (and I imagine the US as well, although I have never been across the pond). The bookshops are a pale imitation and I can never find what I want in the clothes shops. I find myself buying a lot of stuff on the internet too.
We have to go into Salzburg shopping (1 hour 30 mins on bus), usually to Europark and this is lauded as a great shopping centre but is in fact tiny (although it is quite stress free because it is not heaving with people all the time) – I did of course used to live near the Metrocentre in the North East of England which is huge!
The traffic in SoCal can suck the life out of you sometimes. I wish we had a high speed rail system.