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CAFE SPERL
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Wyatt Leonard and Sophie meet Caitlin Chapmann
there after their arrival in Vienna. Caitlin and her husband
Jesse have an apartment nearby at the Gumpendorferstrasse. |
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"There is a big problem here. Look, um,
go down the street, Laimgrubengasse, till it meets with Gum-pen-dor-fer-strasse.
On Gumpendorf, go left and you'll see a cafe; it's called Sperl.
Go in and wait for me. I'll come in ten minutes." (From
the Teeth of Angels) |
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| The Sperl was not hard to find. Imagine a European
cafe, dust it with age and romance, and there you are. Men played
billiards quietly and seriously in a corner, waiters in tuxedoes
with white napkins draped over their arms moved graceful from
the kitchen to the tables, where, with dramatic swoops of the
atm and little murmurs as to what they were serving, they laid
white cups or plates of pastry on the marble tables. Old men
and women read newspapers on half a dozen languages, lovers huddled
and cuddled in corners. (From the Teeth of Angels) |
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