Night in Vienna

...hit the ground running in Austria

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May 8th 2008
... so about midday on Wednesday, we breathlessly arrived in Vienna. Accidentally landed in a quite flash hotel, due to the assistance of the grumpiest man in Austria at the airport info desk. (PS Vienna airport is full of unattended luggage - including a poor little cat in a cage that had a very big day!). Discovered an excellent old-school giant ferris wheel, did an obligatory bus tour, and ate ... 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