Innsbruck

Weihnachten in Österreich!

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December 29th 2008
Christmas in Austria I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday! I just made it back to Siena safely after a great week in Austria. I left last Monday night on an overnight train. It was not such a good trip-there was this terrible family in the car with me. The mother kept yelling at the children and she kept telling me that I was on the wrong train. She asked where I was going and when I sai ... read more

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck

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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