Abandoned Places

I've been reading a book by Rose Macaulay about ruins lately and also reading

De Little Birds

This makes Qatar look nearly as good as Budapest

Communist Grot

I mentioned Communist grot the other day. In case there

Seen from a Train

In Romania in June, waiting

Friendly Arad

In June we went to Romania - we hadn't been back there since

Vienna's Faces

We were only in Vienna overnight but, even in that short time, as well as seeing a dog that someone I know will love (the picture was on display in the window of a very grand curtain and upholstery material shop):

and an amazing, if headless, cake:

(plus reacquainting myself with Austria's K und K obsession):

(it appears that some people need to feel K und K right down to their underwear), I also saw an awful lot of new faces:

Among them were the figures on the facade of Cafe Central, which, apparently, represent all the different peoples of the Austro-Hungarian empire:

Can anyone identify which one is which?

Not forgetting @aptronym, I also snapped one or two particularly striking doorways: