Heroes' Square, Vienna, Austria

Heroes' Square and the balcony from which Hitler announced the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938.

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April 14th 2007
I am struggling with how to describe the last 11 days. It’s not that long a time period, but we have seen and done so much. The eastern Euopean cities we have visited have been beautiful and so historic and our heads are truly swimming with information from the monarchies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the atrocities of the Nazis in WWI to the years of the Iron Curtain and Soviet bloc to the ... read more

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków

Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more

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