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It’s Sunday and Austria is Closed

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August 7th 2011
And it’s raining. Hard. Actually, very hard. This is not what we signed-up to! We had been warned that everything would be closed on a Sunday but we got up in the morning and everywhere was dead. It is a good job that we bought some food with us from the UK otherwise the planned self-catering would not have been an option. The clouds had also come over in the night and it was overcast and cool. ... read more

Europe » Austria » Salzburg » Rauris

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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