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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 mfhanks
July 28th 2006

Back home (in Vienna)

Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

I just got back to Vienna after a long but very awesome 6 week trek through southern europe. I obviously can't give all the details. Ill just try to do highlights. Ok, Seb and I started off alone and spent some time in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Cool little town, but not too much to see. Then we moved down to Zagreb, Croatia. This is the capital. But we werent too amazed with it. We then moved on the Split, which is on the Adriatic coast. I believe this was by far Seb's and my favorite place. Everything was really old, with some [View Full Entry]

By Jennita
July 27th 2006

Pics from Mauthausen

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Mauthausen

Inside the Prison

I have already described my experiences there, but NOW, I have the pictures. WARNING, some of you may find them disturbing! [View Full Entry]

By iie1010
July 27th 2006

布拉格→薩爾斯堡(2006/7/19)

Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

卡羅維域

呢一朝晨咁早就要起身,去捷克另外一個地方卡羅維域。卡羅維域係歐洲一個好出名o既溫泉勝地,o係14世紀時就有,係以前d貴族去渡假、療養o既地方,莫札特都去過架:)呢個溫泉勝 [View Full Entry]

By Gobias
July 26th 2006

...lovely Tirol

Europe » Austria » Tyrol

the Zireinersee
...an oft photographed lake...the only place that i was really able to hike to considering i had my walking cast still protecting my achilles

With my job the way it is, I was fortunate enough to have Monday to Friday off during one week in late July. My wife (having an actual job) had to work all week, so instead of staying around cooking and cleaning like a good husband should have done, I chose the road all-to-often travelled...I bolted for the hills...or Alps. Between playing my guitar and watching movies (whilst at work), I found time to surf the internet and found a great website for bed and breakfasts in the Tirol region of Austria. Finally settling upon the Alpbachtal and Tiroler Seenland, I [View Full Entry]

By Were Lost
July 26th 2006

One day crash sightseeing

Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

There was much harassment of people trying to sell us concert tickets. Mainly for Mozart but all classical stuff. Not just the same old 'hey take a flyer'They really don't take no for an answer. And they also swarm intersections, 3 or 4 of them. One will always get you. We walked through the large cathedral in old town. And from my memories of 10yrs ago, the scaffolding hadn't moved much on the outside. After a brief walk through, we went to the Sissi museum. She is described as the "lady Di of Austria". There was an amazing display of royal [View Full Entry]

By Jonte
July 25th 2006

Vienna and end of this summer

Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

Wienerschnitzel

In Vienna we felt like we were starting to get closer to home again, most people spoke good english and we had no problems communicating :) Or maybe it was just us getting used to gestures instead of words... We got hold of a (for our standards) big apartement, and since it was empty we got a good deal on it. Us three in an apartement with two rooms, and that would easilly host three more people in it - luxury! First thing we had to do was get a real wienerschnitzel. Then we went on to the usual walking [View Full Entry]

By skiafnm
July 24th 2006

Salzburg: Famous for Mozart and some movie

Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

A view down river
This is a view down the river that runs through Salzburg. On the left you can see a lot of tents set up for a craft fair of sorts that was going on beacuse of the music festival.

So this past weekend, Nila and I traveled to Salzburg. We left Friday right after class and worked our way to Stansted airport, westish of London. Salzburg is a beautiful city but also it is supposed to be a rainy one. The forecast for the weekend was scattered showers both days so we weren't expecting great weather but we were quite fortunate. It rained early Saturday morning, but that was pretty much it for the entire weekend! The city of Salzburg is best known for being the birthplace of Mozart. There is an annual music festival that started Saturday while we [View Full Entry]

By Nila
July 24th 2006

Schön Salzburger!

Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

Punting
This is actually from last week in Oxford. It is quite amusing (and afternoon's entertainment) to sit on the side of the river and watch all the people crash into each other. Asian tourist in partic... [more]

This past weekend I traveled to Salzburg, Austria. For those of you who haven't heard of that place before... it is known as the Home of Mozart and The Sound of Music. As far as scenery goes, it is absolutely beautiful- I really enjoyed it! (I will try and put some variety in the words I use so that they aren't all "beautiful," "gorgeous," "pretty," and "amazing," but it will be hard!!) We arrived in Salzburg late Friday night and found our hotel to be much better than we were expecting- if anyone ever goes to Salzburg, I would definitely recommend [View Full Entry]

By PragueBlog
July 23rd 2006

Day 15

Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

Belvedere

Today I woke up at 8:15, which is pretty much sleeping in. We did want to get in a few things before our train left this afternoon. After a relaxing, free breakfast in our hotel, we checked out. We made our way to the Museum of Modern Art. The art was...interesting. I don' think I really "got" a lot of the art, like the canvas that was painted completely blue, or the fabric nailed to the canvas, and stuff like that. The museum was interesting enough, but I liked the Leopold Museum better. After spending some quality time with art in [View Full Entry]

By Jennita
July 22nd 2006

Alive and enjoying the beer and chocolate

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Linz

Hallo! After a very long flight, almost being toppled by my luggage on the escalator(no idea how to spell that) in Frankfurt, and a 5.5 hour train ride with a couple that freakishly resembled my grandparents, I met Kefa on the railway platform. He had an ice cold coke and box of Austrian chocolates waiting for me- Much luv to him for that one! I absolutely love the train! People get in and out and they all talk to eachother ( which ´sounded and looked friendly, but I can't say for sure), at one point the 'Opa' of the group said [View Full Entry]

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