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Visit to Baden

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July 17th 2008
Last weekend, I made a trip up to Baden to visit my host family and to begin my moving process for the year to come. I took an overnight train without a bed reservation... so I got the glorious opportunity to experience an 8+ hour train ride, cuddling with some perfect strangers on awkward "pull-down" seats that turn the compartment into one queen-sized bed for all to share. Despite the sleepless ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » 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