Elisabeth Kirke on the Schneeberg

Vienna, and The Schneeberg

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May 17th 2015
Saturday 16thMay. Travel from Toulouse to Vienna, via London. I left the house early in case of public transport strikes or other problems, but had a seamless trip via bus, metro and tram to the airport, with scarcely a wait at transfer points. So I ended up at the airport nearly an hour before check-in opened! Half-empty flight to London was comfortable, full flight from London not as ... read more

Europe » Austria » 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