This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Transportation.” Here is my entry. It was taken in Vienna, er, wow, six years ago. Doesn’t time fly?

How could you not take great “Pleasure” in devouring this apple strudel? It was both photographed and consumed — the sacrifices I make for a good picture — at the Hotel Sacher in Vienna. Sacher is more famous for its chocolate cake but I preferred this.

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Children.” I’m entry number 215.

While there was a very long short-list of places to go, Vienna eventually won the coveted prize of being the destination of my November trip, 2009. Before I stepped onto the plane I confess that I have little idea what there is to see in Austria’s capital city. It certainly has a famous name but you can’t base an entire trip on an Ultravox song and the teenage home of one of the least loved people from the twentieth century.

This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “From My Past.” I guess this image shows something from all of our pasts, except perhaps the glasses. I saw this in the Natural History Museum in Vienna and it amused me.

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Vehicle.” I’m entry number 167.