Neptune fountain

Weekend in Vienna

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September 27th 2008
I was hoping for a relaxing train ride en route to Vienna. We booked first class train tickets from Salzburg to Vienna and searched the posted map on the platform where to stand for our first class cabins. As we got closer to departure time, more and more passengers with big suitcases came up and stood around us. I started getting concerned. When the train finally pulled up, we all rushed toward t ... 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