When old and new collides - Café Meier vs Steirereck - Austria - July 2016
February 19th 2017 Well after getting stuck on the autobahn for hours, we figured it could not get any worse. It did not but it came close. Winding through tiny villages in Germany we were really looking forward to Austria. As we were winding through little German villages we finally got to the border for the dreaded "vignette". Think of it as an EZ pass with the difference that you have to stand in line (it was abo
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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 
