reichstag at night

Wien, Austria

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May 9th 2009
Still reeling from our overnight train trip from Hanoi to Hue in Vietnam over a month ago, we nervously booked a 12 hour overnight journey from Florence to Vienna. We needn’t have worried at all; the 120 euro we paid per person for this heavenly ride went very far. Comfortable beds, soft doonas and pillows, kiwi fruit and chocolate and a Smirnoff with ginseng to help us go to sleep…then in the ... 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