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April 2nd 2009
Despite trying to hold sleep off, we ended up conking out at about 9:00 p.m. Since I sleep with a CPAP, I get very good sleep in short amounts of time, so by 2:30 a.m., I was awake and ready for the day. Clearly this was not going to work, even though Cheryl was also awake, so I put the CPAP stuff back on and forced myself back to sleep (a neat trick if you can do it) and made it to 6:30 a.m. ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna

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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