Vienna

Day 18 Wien (Vienna) Christmas Day

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December 25th 2002
Wednesday (Temp. -4deg. No snow!) Mum rang for Christmas at 8am waking us up. Spoke to Mum, Dad, Shane, Michelle, A. Glor, Leon, Grant, Nan & Bevan. After breakfast Greg & Trish rang. Went for walk at 10am to Stadtpark, beautiful snowy & ice-covered lake. Not many people out at first but lots of people around St Stephen's Cathedral & a few souvenir shops open. Bought another bust of Beetho ... 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