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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

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By ShiraGreenbaum
November 8th 2009

Salzberg Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

Salzberg After dropping our bags off at the hostel, we had a quick lunch at My Indigo. We planned to walk around a bit after, but we were feeling pretty cold and tired and decided to stop for coffee first. We went to a little cafe and had the cutest coffees! Mine had a Jewish star in cocoa powder on the foam and Katie's had a star. We shared some Sacher Torte and it was DELICIOUS! After that, we walked for several hours all over. Salzberg is a really pretty city. We went to the Mirabel gardens (part of which was [View Full Entry]

By cheap luxury bastard
November 1st 2009

Vienna on the Cheap Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

London to Vienna ( By Car)-on the Cheap We recently visited Austria and decided to drive there. Oh boy !! what a delight, London to Vienna in 24 hours by car. Sat Nav says !! London-France-Belgium-Holland-Germany-Austria- we arrive full of caffeine, but we’re here.Motorways were good, more importantly we avoided driving through much of France and so didn’t have to pay any toll-charges which are quite costly there- never give a frog a bone. Motorway petrol stations are expensive 25%-30% more for Unleaded than back home, Diesels about the same. We We’re in Austria, [View Full Entry]

By Rebex
October 23rd 2009

Happiness Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

In two months exactly, I leave Vienna. It feels slightly unreal that I have lived here for more than two months already, and looking back on it, I have enjoyed every day. I have traveled to other cities, attended concerts and performances, gone rollerblading on the Donau Insel, had Sturm and roast pork legs at local Heuriger, and of course attended class during the week at the institute. Last Sunday morning, I attended a concert of the Wiener Philharmoniker, one of the most famous and respected orchestras in the world. The concert was held in the Vienna Musikverein, which is known [View Full Entry]

By bvchef
October 20th 2009

Amazing Salzburg Mountains Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

The Untersberg
It really is bigger than it looks.

Today was my last day visiting Europe for this trip. I will head straight to the Munich airport tomorrow morning. So, with that being said, I made the absolute most of today. My first great, super, amazing, wonderful, awesome trip was to take a bus to the Unterberg Mountain. There is a cable car that runs to the top of the mountain and what a trip it was. It had snowed up on the mountains, so there was a good amount of snow on top, enough that paths had to be shoveled. It made for climbing up and around a challenge, [View Full Entry]

By Andy n Jen
October 19th 2009

Vienna Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

welcome to the travel shack,,, jug 1

We arrived in the home of red bull... one straight shot of redbull straight up for andy and a cream puff for jen... We settled into wombats hostel and then it was off to dinner... Being Austria we had schnitzels for din dins! Jen Jen had chicken and Andy had Turkey... The restaurant was full up and there was only one waitress on the floor... she was super amazing and there were no waits only a couple of forgotten, or slow, drinks... For 6 Euros each we had a salad, a schnitzel, fries and a shot of frangelico! What a bargain! [View Full Entry]

its ben from italy adventure... remember him and his speedos???

By JCollins
October 19th 2009

Friendship Force Report Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

All in Fourteen Days By: Jim Collins On June 8, fourteen people meet at the Kings Hotel in Budapest. A few knew each other casually but many had never met. Two weeks later we were dear friends having shared the beauty and majesty of Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna and Prague. But most important we developed wonderful friendships, had a lot of laughs, good times and really got to know and appreciate each other. It would be boring to travel with normal people. You want to travel with interesting people to interesting places. Budapest is an absolutely beautiful city in which every other [View Full Entry]

By bvchef
October 19th 2009

Sound of Music Tour aka I'm Just A Freakin' Tourist Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

Lakefront from the movie
This is now a place for seminars and meetings.

Had a 7:20 taxi waiting to take me to the train station, so did the hustle to get packed and down there. Was easy enough to buy a ticket through a vending machine and hop the train, which took about 2,1/2 hours. Yet another taxi, another hotel. This is a modern one, so has a lot more space and an actual counter in the bathroom for my razor and stuff. My Sound of Music Tour was at 2, so I did some postcards, found a post office and paid a ton for stamps. Wow. Had lunch at a place near the [View Full Entry]

By Rebex
October 15th 2009

..Winter? Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

I woke up to loud wind this morning, like I have the last four mornings, except today I looked out of the window and saw snow! It has been sleeting/snowing all day today, and does not appear to be letting up at all. The last few days unfortunately have been overcast and windy, not my ideal Fall weather by any means. When the temperatures began to drop at the end of last week, I was very excited for the cold weather to arrive. We were very fortunate to have such warm weather our first two months here, but I think everyone [View Full Entry]

By Thirsty Hurst
October 15th 2009

A night at the opera Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

Horse carriage at Hofburg
My horse and carriage is for hire, senor. For as long as you desire, senorita...

I awoke this morning to something totally unexpected. Some of my roommates were staring out the window and, with childlike joy, exclaiming “It’s snowing!” You’re full of shit. They weren’t. It was really coming down. None of it laid as the temperature bordered on freezing. But when it’s snowing and it’s supposed to be in the 50s, that’s a bit frustrating. I got cleaned up and met a few of my roommates down at breakfast. One girl, Elise from Sydney, was joking how all the Aussies were staring out the window downstairs in amazement. [View Full Entry]

By Mandaz
October 14th 2009

A couple of days in Austria Europe » Austria

TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2009 - AUSTRIA Up before 7am this morning to shower and pack a small overnight bag to take with me out to Linz. As I was coming back to the hostel in a few days I was able to leave my big bag in storage; which was a lot better than having to lug it back and forth! Got the 8:30am train into Linz which arrived at about 10am. Managed to locate Albert as I had seen this man walking around looking like he was looking for someone. He had already planned out some things for us to [View Full Entry]

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