Vienna

Vienna - Austria

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June 28th 2008
Saturday 28th June: Franz banged on my door at 9am to get me up for a day of sightseeing in Vienna. My head was not in a good state after those cocktails from the previous night but I could not waste the day and soldiered on to the shower. We drove in to Vienna and then caught the Metro around inner Vienna and had lunch at the 'Schweizerhaus' which is famous for pork and crackle (We had the dish o ... 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