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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.

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By irthewalrus
September 29th 2006

You cannot spell Bad Aussee without "Bad Ass"

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Steyr

Bad Aussee in heavy fog
It was a dark and stormy night...

Eric and I decided to take a good break from society and large cities by having a retreat to the alps. Bad Aussee was just that, it was very relaxing, very nice, and very quiet. And very beautiful. Unfortunately, we got a very good look at the alpine rains, which fell on us every day we were there. On the whole though, it was great. We had spent the previous night in a packed, sweaty hostel in Salzburg, so we were very excited to find that we were among the only guests at the hotel we had in Bad Aussee. It [View Full Entry]

By mandy jane
September 23rd 2006

The Linz experience...

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

I look like shit but Hans looks cool as ever...
You can see some of Hans's artwork to the left and to the right of us...

So I don't have too many pictures because I was only there about a day and a half but I did manage to get one of Hans :) [View Full Entry]

the mini ramstein - like concert that hans took us to that night...

By Simply B
September 22nd 2006

Riding the Wurm and Köck

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

OOOoohhh YAaaaa!!!
I knew I was going to need photo evidence of this one!

The morning of the 22nd came around FAST!!!!! I was sad to leave Oktoberfest... but something tells me that this would not be the last time I was inside one of those tents... nor the last time I drank a beer... I have written about all of Linz already... Definitely not enough time spent there, but I can always come back!!! B [View Full Entry]

Leaving the beautiful city of Pasau, Germany

By mandy jane
September 22nd 2006

Planes, Trains, and now boats!

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

one of many water shots...

Cruising down the Danube river from Passau, Germany to Linz, Austria. [View Full Entry]

a street in passau --super cute little town...

By corbandkel
September 16th 2006

Homecoming

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

So we had one brief afternoon to check out Linz before we had to catch our connecting train down to Salzburg to meet up with the family. It all went rather well considering our lack of German and after hooking up our onward tickets and storing our stuff we headed off into town to the Lentos Kunst Museum. It was pretty cool and had some neat sculpture exhibitions but unfortunately the top floor was closed and so we missed some of the stuff I had hoped to see. Lunch was a picnic on the banks of the Danube where we clambered [View Full Entry]

By firly
August 9th 2006

Farewell party

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

On 9th of August 2006 we hold an ad hoc farewell party in Linz. About 25 friends celebrated the party with us. Here are some pictures. [View Full Entry]

By firly
August 7th 2006

World-tour routing

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

Hi all, here is the planned routing: * Vienna, Austria * Bankok, Thailand * Singapore * Denpasar Bali, Indonesia * Darwin, Australia * Alice Springs, Australia * Cairns, Australia * Melbourne, Australia * Christchurch, New Zealand * Auckland, New Zealand * Santiago, Chile * Argentina * Rio De Janeiro, Brazil * back to Vienna routing map And here are some details about fl [View Full Entry]

By Jennita
August 1st 2006

Mauthausen & Mountains

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Mauthausen

Stefanplatz with Stefan
This was a hug´mungo/ancient church in Vienna near the shopping district. It was amazing!

ok, this is the 3rd time that I have written this entry, so I am sorry if its not the entirely entertaining! I would also like to apoligize for the pictures on my blog- I entered them in the correct order, however, that is not how they appear. Patience is a virtue, my friends. ; ) We left off at the farm... That evening, I went back to Linz and Kefa and I went out for a few drinks, and made some new friends. A couple of Austrian guys who had been at the brewery for tooo long, but entertained us [View Full Entry]