I heart colorful buildings

Culture shock can make it hard to appreciate the good things in a new culture. When you're missing home, it can seem like everything in your new country is backwards and terrible and everything in your home country is wonderful and easy. To help combat these thoughts, I'm going to write about some of the things I like about Vienna. Hopefully, this will give you a little insight into life in Austria and will help me to appreciate my new home. I won't promise a post on this topic every week, but I hope to do at least a couple each month. Click on the "I heart Vienna" label on the sidebar to see all of the "I heart" posts.

Vienna is home to one of the most colorful and unusual apartment buildings in the world -- the Hundertwasserhaus. I have to admit, I've only seen pictures so far. But I do plan on visiting the building one of these days. If you want to learn more about Hundertwasserhaus, I recommend this page, but of course you can find plenty of info by googling the name.

These pictures of Hundertwasserhaus are from www.foto-julius.at and may be used for free on personal web pages. (©www.foto-julius.at )

Even though most buildings in Vienna do not look like Hundertwasserhaus, it's very common to see apartment buildings and houses painted blue, green, yellow or pink. I guess if you're going to live in a city full of apartment buildings, it's nice that they add a splash of color. Here are some photos of buildings and houses in my neighborhood.