Polar bear trio

Vienna

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December 20th 2008
Today we arrived in Vienna. We will be doing a whirlwind tour, cos we are only here for two days, but it is a beautiful city so far. We arrived on the train at around 9am, and after dropping our bags at the hotel headed off to Schloss Shonbrunn (the austrian version of Versailles). There was a Christmas market located outside the Schloss, but it was nothing compared to the Salzburg one, and it ... 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