some of us in front of the lake at hallstatt

Hallstatt and Gmunden

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September 24th 2005
This day we took a bus to Hallstatt and Gmunden which are about an hour and a half away from Linz, pretty close to Salzburg. But the weather was amazing and we got some really good pictures and looked around. Hallstatt is a big vacation spot because it's right on the lake and so pretty but you can't tell that's it's touristy at all. They said you can't buy a house there even if you wanted to pa ... read more

Europe » Austria » Upper Austria » Hallstatt

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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