Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995, some Austrians have called into question this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. To be updated
May 8th 2008Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg Last night we arrived in Salzburg after 10pm and caught a taxi straight to our hotel. We picked the key up from the hotel restaurant and went straight up to our room - wow! The room is huge - larger t ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg Awesome city! It's small,... maybe a bit bigger than Regina. Love the pedestrian-friendliness of it, too. Here's some photos from the last couple days. Picture worth 1000 words and all (plus it re ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg Well, while in Munich, a day trip to Salzburg was a necessary venture due to the fact that CMurda's a huge Sound of Music fan. It's funny though because the locals in Salzburg could give a rat's ass ... [full story]
May 4th 2008Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna Okay,... slightly less rushed post here. Please excuse the Z and Y transpositions, but they are reversed on the keyboard, so I sometimes mess up. Have just completed a whirlwind tour of Amsterdam (d ... [full story]
May 3rd 2008Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna Greetings!
Can't think and type fast enough to make use of this internet connection,... so more later when I am at a less frentic pace. ... [full story]
May 2nd 2008Europe » Austria » Styria » Graz Hi dudes,
We took a train from Vienna the day after Jess' dance audition, to Graz. It was a very beautiful train ride, lasting about 3 hours and went mainly through mountains and valleys. It was a ... [full story]
August 21st 2006Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Wilder Kaiser Samen met Anne ben ik een week in de zomer geweest waar wij altijd in de winter heen gaan. Daar hebben we verschillende kut-leuke tochten gemaakt.... ... 68 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg Oh how I loved Italy! It was so wonderful there! In Rome I did more historical site seeing but in Venice I spent one day at the beach! It was wonderful. We got tickets for the water taxi since thats t ... [full story]
April 27th 2008Europe » Austria » Salzburg State Our Easter travels started off in a somewhat interesting manner. Firstly our driver to Stansted airport was seemingly drunk and had little competence in driving which was combined with the possibility ... [full story]
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