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 1st 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr And once again, there is an delay to the start of my journey ... this is due to the following reasons:
* summer is great this year in Austria - so why not enjoy it, instead of flying directly int ... [full story]
July 5th 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr There are news once again: I'm planning to make a "small" adoption to my route. Reason for this are two invitations of friends, who I like very much and who asked me to visit them, before starting my ... [full story]
July 2nd 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr ... of beeing employed at Systema was ... the day before yesterday ... so this are my first days in "real freedom" ... interesting feeling ... never thougth of this before ... but had to give back my ... [full story]
May 29th 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr Don't worry, I won't write in spanish! :-)
I would, if I could ... but I'm sure my spanish-teacher is reading this and she'll for sure figure out, that I'm using an online-translator and then ... .. ... [full story]
April 24th 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr Today I've finally made up my mind, to change my "operation schedule". This is mainly because of two reasons:
1.) Seasons in South America are different to ours about 6 month. This means, that when ... [full story]
April 19th 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr Yes, I know - it's unbelievable, but I did have the time to check some climate-tables! :-)
I'm not quite finished yet, but I've added some interesting information about the climate-zones in South-A ... [full story]
April 3rd 2008Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr Well, it took me quite some time to find a free webhoster, that allowes external linking, but finally I found one (www.ripway.com).
Here's the Link to my Excel-file: Reisebewertung_030408
Sorr ... [full story]
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