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First day in Salzburg

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December 14th 2008
Our first full day in Salzburg. After Mum raving on about Salzburg and how wonderful it was for years, it was good to see that it lived up to all expectations. The town is absolutely beautiful, with a medieval fortress on a hill and churches built hundreds of years ago and all sorts of lovely squares and monuments and houses etc etc. We decided to have a bit of a walk around the old town, mos ... 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