The Winter Riding Arena

Horsing Around in Vienna

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May 16th 2006
Started the day very early, checked out of my hostel and headed for the train station to put my big backpack in storage. I then jumped on the Metro and headed to the Hofburg, the residence of the Habsburg Monarchy for hundreds of years. It was originally begun in the 1200s, but everybody added onto it after that. It is also currently home to the Lipizzaners of the Spanish Riding School and the ... 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