Hofburg gardens

Miss Grumpy Arrives

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July 13th 2008
After our near-death experience on the train returning from Bratislava, we finally arrived safely back in Vienna at about 2pm, still absolutely gasping for a drink (with our lack of Slovak currency, we'd had no liquids since about 8am and had spent hours walking around in temperatures of almost 30 degrees). We raced to a little cafe in the Sudbahnhof and asked for some water, to be told that they ... 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