Us looking over at the Alps

The city of Mozart and The Sound of Music

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October 25th 2006
We found a beautiful place to rest for a while. We stayed here for 5 nights to catch our breath and relax before the next leg of the journey. Salzburg is such a great city and we got to stay in the old part of town so its pedestrians only, a great change from the big busy cities. The weather was fabulous, for a change, it was like summer when we were expecting it to be freezing. We spent 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