Tower outside Restaurant

Italy to Austria

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September 25th 2006
Not a whole lot to write about today. Spent a lot of time on our bus making our way from Italy to Vienna. Saw some beautiful mountains along the way and tried to take some pictures out of the bus window but just not the same caliber. We drove through lots of flat farm land in northern Italy then got to the Alps. Those are some big boys there. Very pointy, jagged peaks. Tops are in the clou ... 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