Background: 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.
July 22nd 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck So nothing really important o let y'all know of today. I am just sitting in my room actually doing homework, bleh. I hate how this school stuff gets in the way off traveling. I just finished some w ... [full story]
July 11th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck Did somebody order a crystal doorknob, a set of crystal binoculars and a crystal sleigh pulled by crystal reindeer? We hereby christen Austria: 'Swarovskia'. Every 3rd shop beams the Swarovski signatu ... [full story]
July 10th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck So today me and Laki got out of classes and decided to just walk around Innsbruck for awhile. We hoped on the bus and decided we actually had no idea all the places it stopped so we rode it arou ... [full story]
July 10th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck So it was really fun day yesterday. IT was not that eventful but what Laki and I did do was a lot of. It all started with a normal day of two classes and then we decided to go back to the room ... [full story]
July 9th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck OK so sorry for the delay I had a little trouble with the internet. The Austrian whether though is something else that has been giving me a little trouble over the past few days. IT is apparent ... [full story]
July 7th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck So Yesterday was a blast and an adventure in more ways than one. Once I got up and decided to get out of bed I realized that it was about 6:30 in the morning, jet lag sucks. I went outside saw ... [full story]
July 6th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck Dagen i dag er 6.Juli og vi har nettop ankommet Innsbruck, Østeriket... i dag tidlig dro Marius med, fly fra Munich, hjem fra sin uke på loffen med oss og vi satte kursen mot Italia... Vi har reist en ... [full story]
April 8th 2007Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck Cheri and I have employed an advanced form of mathematics to calculate the best possible usage of our holiday time. We both get 20 days from our jobs, and an extra 8 on top of that for public holiday ... [full story]
July 6th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck So I’m in Europe now. It still hasn’t sunk in to me though it is really a crazy thought to think that I am halfway around the world from where I was a day ago. So let’s recap. ... 4 photos[full story]
June 5th 2008Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck So sorrz for the long delay... before I start with this, I want to preface it with an explanation: Im in Austria, and the kezboard is screwed up, most notablz that the y and z kezs are in opposite pla ... [full story]
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