Vienna

Day 17 Wien (Vienna)

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December 24th 2002
Tuesday (Temp. -2deg. Overcast) Lovely breakfast room, pink tablecloths (& pink decorations on Christmas tree in lobby!) Rugged up in 5 layers including thermals. Walked along MariahilferStrasse, main shopping street to old city & beautiful buildings. Vienna is the most beautiful city we've seen. Snow all over ground in old city, people very normal. Bought a bust of Mozart. Too cold to re ... 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