Emerald Box

Vienna -- Saturday

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March 24th 2007
I woke up feeling a bit better, but still full of cold. I went down for breakfast and then, because it was raining again, I decided to have a quiet morning in the hotel lounge, sitting in a comfy chair and doing a Sudoku puzzle. It was still raining at midday, but I was ready to go out and explore. I walked over to the Freyung section of town to the Easter market. Lots of really cool little th ... read more

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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'... ... read more